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Introduction to fan painting
Fan painting: In the category of Chinese painting, painters and calligraphers of all ages like to paint or write on the fan to express their feelings, or collect poems for others or give them to friends as souvenirs. The fan for storing calligraphy and painting is called a fan, which is framed into a book for easy collection. From the modeling point of view, there are round fans (ten thousand fans) and folding fans. Fan painting is a traditional art with a long history in China. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Tuan Fan painting was widely popular. After the Ming Dynasty, folding fan painting became more and more popular. There are many masterpieces handed down from generation to generation in fan paintings. The folding fan is fan-shaped, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. When a painter writes, he should consider arranging pictures in a specific space, thinking skillfully and expressing techniques. Ingenious, free to turn the pen, turn the limited into infinite, and create a charming image and artistic conception.