Guilin Group Fan is worthy of being an intangible cultural heritage!

The little sister is teaching tourists to make group fans

Encountering intangible cultural heritage: A bamboo strip strips out dozens of fan bones, and a round fan carries traditional Chinese culture. Photo: Liu Guoxiong

History is the root of a city, and culture is the soul of a city. Guilin is one of the first batch of 24 historical and cultural cities in the country. With a history of more than 2,000 years, Guilin City has never stopped its cultural reverence, and traditional culture has never stopped nourishing Guilin's urban development. If you want to understand Guilin's culture, going to Dongxi Alley is the best choice.

Now, Xiaoyao Tower, Dongxi Lane and Jingjiang Palace constitute Guilin's historical, cultural, tourism and leisure district, and have also become Guilin's new landmarks.

In Zhengyang East Lane in Guilin's East and West Alley, there is an ancient lecture hall, which can be said to be quiet and contented in the chaos. "Telling ancient times" means "storytelling" and "storytelling" in the dialects of Guangdong and Guangxi. The original establishment of this ancient lecture hall was to tell Guilin's humanistic allusions, inherit historical context, and build a cultural forum.

However, the current Kagu Hall has a new meaning, which is to inherit Guilin's intangible cultural heritage. Come here to learn to make group fans, understand this intangible cultural heritage, and visit Guilin is worth it.

In December 2018,"Guilin Group Fan Making Skills" was included in the Autonomous Region's Intangible Cultural Heritage Project List. Walking into the Jiagu Hall, there are many group fans displayed here. The group fans mainly include portraits of people, animals, celebrations, brocade, landscape patterns, etc. The colors are rich but not gorgeous, revealing a retro charm. Holding a group fan can be said to be full of beauty.

The key is that you can learn how to make a round fan in Jiaogu Hall. There is a beautiful young lady who teaches you on the spot and follows suit. I found that it is not difficult to make a round fan well, but it just requires patience and care, and just follow the process. Of course, the reason why I said that the making of the round fan is simple is because we have learned the final process. The most difficult thing is the making of the round fan skeleton. This is the most complicated process of making the round fan. Generally, bamboo is soaked and reinforced with special materials, and then cut into filaments with a blade and woven into the skeleton of the round fan. Dozens of small fan bones are cut out from one piece of bamboo. What we do is to stick rice paper, cotton cloth, silk, etc. printed with ancient poems, landscape paintings, figures and other patterns on the skeleton. After cutting, edging and other processes, we make a group fan carrying traditional Chinese culture.

After half an hour of making, I also made a round fan and took it home happily.

There is an ancient lecture hall in the east and west alleys of Guilin.

The ancient hall is ancient

It's all wooden buildings inside

Guilin group fan has a fan made of Zhuang brocade washi

Very elegant fan

Just looking at it, you can tell it's an antique

The person in charge of Kangutang introduced the story of Guilin Group Fan

Before making a group fan, choose the fan you like. There are many choices

Which one do you prefer to make a fan?

The fan ribs are made in advance

Above are the tools for making the group fan, glue, scissors, and brush

I think the painting of two goldfish would be a good fan

When teaching, young lady first applies glue on a fan face

Then stick the fan ribs and stick the dozens of small fan ribs on them neatly

Then paste a fan made of white paper

Use a brush to press the pattern of the fan rib until both sides are firmly attached

Take another fan model and draw a circle

Cut according to the drawn line

I started making group fans

Brother Zhu is here to steal the teacher

After cutting it, it is wrapped and wrapped to create a beautiful round fan with a retro charm.

I am very happy holding the group fan I made myself