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Song dynasty, China began to produce folding fans, most
of which are made of paper sticking around, and seldom are
silk. The earliest practicality in the history was unearthed
from the lacquered grave of South Song dynasty in Wujing
of Jiangsu province. The lacquer ware of characters, flowers
is housed in Changzhou Museum, on the cover, there is a
picture of "resting in summer" of one lady holding a fan
in her arms, another lady rocking the folding fan tightly
(picture 1-13). From this picture, we are sure that folding
fan had been popular during South Song dynasty already.
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1-14:he picture
of "maids resting in the garden when summer
coming" inlaid in the mirror-dressing case
with gold, unearthed from Wujing of Jiangsu province
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