Fan, Traditional - Zodiac fight, Bamboo

Fan, Traditional - Zodiac fight, Bamboo

This golden fan is made of bamboo and rigid satin-finished fabric with a traditional design referring to astrology.
On the front you can see a fight between a rooster and a dragon: the main signs of the Chinese zodiac.
This fight is also explained on the back of the fan with a Chinese poem.

This fan is not suitable for traditional Tai-Chi practice (slamming of the weapon).
It is designed for decoration and demonstration, it can also be used in summer :)

The characteristics of the fan

• Gilded fan decorated with a fighting rooster and dragon
• Right-handed model
• Leaf composition : rigid satin-finished fabric
• Height : 33 cm
• Thickness : 2.5 cm
• Guards and sticks composition : bamboo
• Colour of the guards and sticks : black
• Width of the guards : 3 cm
• Sticks number (without the guards) : 13
• Scope when deployed (measurement at the top of the upper and lower guards) : 58 cm
• Weight : 95 g

The different parts of a fan

• The leaf (also named mount) : fabric or canvas of the fan, it is the most decorated part
• The guards : thick branches at the extremities.

This part protects the fan when it is closed

• The sticks: branches located between the 2 pieces of leaf (fabric). The visible ones are called "sticks" and those covered by the leaf are called "ribs" or "slips".