There are many interesting stories about Chinese fans in historical records, novels, and legends.
The reason why fans evolved into artwork was largely related to men of letters, who liked to paint or write poetry on fans, and gave them to their friends as gifts.
It has been popular to draw fans or write poems about fans, and paint or write on paper fans. There is a story about Wang Xizhi, known for his Chinese calligraphy（书法）. Wang once saw an elderly lady selling fans. The business was not so good. She looked very upset, so Wang decided to help her.
It has been popular to paint on fans since Tang Dynasty, and it became even more popular during the Song and Yuan dynasties.
For thousands of years, Chinese people never stopped innovating fan design, and adopted different materials such as bamboo, palm tree leaves, wood, paper, feathers, silk and bones. They made fans of many shapes, such as circular and square shapes.
| A．They asked for better decoration of fans. |
| B．Feather fans are famous because of Zhu Geliang |
| C．Wang Xizhi taught the old woman to draw on fans |
| D．In ancient times， fans also served as the symbol of status. |
| E．Artwork on fans is also a unique type of Chinese painting. |
| F．Some famous ones are the goose feather fan held by Zhu Geliang. |
| G．He wrote a few characters on each fan and told the old woman to raise the price. |
