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folding fan, an important symbol of chinese culture, has a history over 3,000 years in china. it became a must-have for gifted scholars and beautiful ladies and literati. meanwhile, it can also relieve summer heat and cool off. folding fans gradually evolved from daily necessaries to art for people to collect and appreciate through the time. 
as the birthplace of wang’s folding fan, guangde has the reputation as one of the “chinese top ten bamboo villages”. it riches in bamboo, as the great material for making fan ribs. folding fans, also known as “paper fan”, are composed of fan ribs and fan faces. fan ribs are mainly made of bamboo, wood and bone. the faces are mostly made of silk, xuan paper and cotton, selecting flowers, birds, fishes and insects, and figures and landscapes as themes. moreover, fan ribs waxing and fan faces pasting are unique skills in the craftsmanship of wang’s folding fan. 
the craftsmanship of wang’s folding fan includes making fan ribs and fan faces, and the whole procedures contains material selection, debarking, polishing, fixing the shape of bamboo strips, drilling holes in bamboo strips, clipping fan surface, and drawing on fan faces. 
folding fan making techniques show superb traditional folk arts and crafts, and wang’s folding fan is undoubtedly the best. this craft was listed in the fifth group of representative projects of national intangible cultural heritage in 2021. wang deming, master of chinese folding fan, has inherited this skill. entries: 1.the craftsmanship of wang's folding fan 2.guangde, anhui province 3.chinese top ten bamboo villages 4.folding fan 5.an important symbol of chinese culture 6.relieve summer heat and cool off 7.daily necessaries 8.art for people to collect and appreciate 9.paper fan 10.fan ribs 11.fan faces 12.bamboo, wood and bone 13.silk, xuan paper, cotton 14.flowers, birds, fishes and insects 15.figures and landscapes 16.fan ribs waxing 17.fan faces pasting 18.materials selection 19.debarking 20.polishing 21.fixing the shape of bamboo strips 22.drilling holes in bamboo strips 23.clipping fan faces 24.drawing on fan faces 25.representative projects of national intangible cultural heritage 26.master of chinese folding fan 27.wang deming
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