Fan, Traditional - The 4 seasons, Bamboo

Fan, Traditional - The 4 seasons, Bamboo

This fan is made of bamboo and rigid satin-finished fabric with traditional details.
The front of this fan shows four flowers in a precise cycle. From the left we find the chrysanthemum linked to autumn, the green bamboo linked to winter, the orchid to spring and finally the plum tree (more precisely the plum blossom) linked to summer; hence the name given to this fan.
On the reverse side are four poems dedicated to the four flowers illustrated on the reverse side.

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 flowers and poems
• 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 : red
• 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".