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Fanning a resurgence in a cool identity

By Zhao Xu | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2024-07-30 08:11
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An ancient painting from Boston's Museum of Fine Arts shows a couple having fun with fan-painting. CHINA DAILY

"Sometimes, the knife would glide through the material in an extended motion; other times, it makes quick, decisive cuts. Either way, there would be absolutely no repeat of the same movement. One has the feeling that the master, guided by his own instinct, always gets to say what he has intended to say with just one fluid and resolute stroke of the knife."

In that sense, there's not much difference between carving the fan ribs and painting a fan. The latter, done in classical Chinese style with an ink brush, is also characterized by a combination of precision and spontaneity.

A fan surface created by one of the painting-and-calligraphy masters from the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911). CHINA DAILY

"One thing my father taught me was to think of the knife as a brush," Xu says.

"In fan-making, polishing is routinely done to the carved ribs, but my father often reminded me not to overdo it. 'Don't gloss away all the traces of your knife', he would say. 'Because they are indicators of an authentic work of art'."

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