Reborn Great Nation Craftsman

Chapter 401 Sandalwood Fan 2
What attracted Zhang Junping into the trust store was a fan.

This is a sandalwood fan.

Maybe it was just received and the clerk hadn't had time to put it away, or the clerk was curious about the fan and was playing with it in his hand.

Sandalwood fan is a special product of Suzhou, one of the four famous fans in China.The fan bones are made of sandalwood, hence the name sandalwood fan.

Sandalwood, also known as Zhantan, is divided into white sandalwood and red sandalwood with rotten skin and purple sandalwood. The wood is hard.

The sandalwood is extremely fragrant, and the sandalwood fan made of it has a natural fragrance, which is used to fan the wind, and the fragrance is overflowing.Therefore, there is a fan in hand, the fragrance overflows four seats, and it is known as "the fragrance of the fan is there". The hot summer can cool the summer and clear the heart. Put it in the basket of autumn storage, it has the effect of fragrant clothes, insects and moths. It has been preserved for ten or eight years. "The fragrance of flowers is born at the bottom of the fan every day".

Some people say that the sandalwood fan was inspired by Japanese bamboo folding fans and was created in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

In fact, this statement is not accurate. Fans in Suzhou have a long history. As early as the Song Dynasty, they have been famous all over the world and are loved by literati, inkmen, and ladies and ladies.

In No.40 and eight chapters of "A Dream of Red Mansions", Jia She ordered Jia Yucun to kill people, ransack their homes and destroy their families, all for the sake of a fan.

And this fan is a folding fan made in Suzhou.

It can be seen that the statement that Suzhou sandalwood fans imitated Japanese folding fans is not accurate.

However, the ancient literati loved and respected bamboo, and regarded bamboo folding fans as elegant, while sandalwood and ivory folding fans were considered vulgar.

Therefore, the ancient folding fans were mainly made of bamboo and wood.

It was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China that sandalwood fans made of sandalwood became popular.

"Sir, what do you need?" The middle-aged clerk was also a discerning person, seeing Zhang Junping's extraordinary demeanor, he greeted him proactively.

In the early 80s, and before the 80s, salespersons in shopping malls and waiters in restaurants were very powerful.

What is home away from home, the customer is God, this set has nothing to do with them.

It is considered polite not to beat or scold you.

Of course, no matter what happens, there will be things like praising the high and stepping down the low, and watching people order dishes.

Live in the air, nourish the transplanted body.

Zhang Junping is elegant and full of self-confidence.

"Hi, comrade, may I have a look at the fan in your hand?" Zhang Junping politely pointed to the sandalwood fan in the clerk's hand.

"Please!" The middle-aged clerk said and gently put the sandalwood fan on the counter.

A simple action made Zhang Junping understand that the other party was not just a simple clerk, but an expert.

Zhang Junping picked up the sandalwood fan and looked at it carefully.

This is a male fan.

Sandalwood fans are divided into male fans and female fans.

The earliest sandalwood fans were male fans, and it was around the 30s and [-]s that Wang Xingji Fan Factory began to make female fans.

Seriously speaking, women's fans borrowed from the style of Japanese women's folding fans.

Once the sandalwood fan female fan came out, it was immediately praised by ladies from all walks of life.

In the TV dramas of the Republic of China, it is often seen that some rich wives, wealthy ladies or courtesans like to hold a small and exquisite folding fan in their hands.

This is the female fan of sandalwood fan.

The sandalwood fan in Zhang Junping's hand is a male fan. It is nine inches and a half long. The big fan bone is made of ivory, and the fan bone is carved with auspicious patterns. The eighteen bamboo strips in the middle are made of sandalwood. The jade fan pendant is exquisitely crafted.

Bamboo strips are the fan surface. Folding fans before the early Qing Dynasty used bamboo wood as the bone and paper or juan as the fan surface.

After the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the sandalwood fans in Suzhou replaced the original paper fans with sandalwood.

This sandalwood fan has a history of at least seven or eighty years. It should be a work of the late Qing Dynasty, and it is perfectly preserved.

Even after 80 or [-] years, you can still vaguely smell the faint fragrance from the sandalwood fan.

It is not unreasonable that sandalwood fans are sought after. Not to mention the exquisite craftsmanship of the fans, the aroma of sandalwood is also an important factor.

Not only is the fragrance overflowing, the fragrance is pleasant, and the hot summer can relieve the heat and clear the heart, put it in the basket of autumn storage, and it also has the effect of fragrant clothes and preventing insects and moths.

In the era when there was no perfume, or perfume had not yet entered the country, the feature of sandalwood fans was very popular.

After looking at it for a while, Zhang Junping raised his head and asked, "Comrade, is this sandalwood fan for sale?"

"Sir, you have good eyesight. This sandalwood fan has just been brought in. If you want it, please take 500 yuan!" The clerk complimented Zhang Junping first, and then directly quoted a high price.

500 yuan is definitely a high price in the 40s when the average salary is only 80 yuan.

This sandalwood fan is worth the price, not to mention anything else, just two large fan bones made of ivory cost more than 500 yuan.

However, what is really valuable is the mutton fat Hetian jade fan pendant below. The fan pendant is a small gourd, and the gourd is engraved with an Antarctic fairy. The carving is very delicate and delicate, with a typical Suzhou craftsman style. From the hands of famous masters in Suzhou.

Therefore, Zhang Junping did not negotiate the price, and asked the clerk to invoice and pay the money.

"Comrade, are there any other good items?" Zhang Junping asked after paying the money.

Zhang Junping didn't go around the bush, and asked very directly.

To use an old saying, they are all thousand-year-old foxes, why are they playing Liao Zhai?

Detours will only make people feel disgusted.

As a famous historical city and one of the core cities in the south of the Yangtze River, Suzhou has a long history and profound cultural heritage, and there are definitely many good things preserved.

The middle-aged clerk looked at Zhang Junping and asked, "I don't know what kind of things Mister likes?"

"Anything is fine! I'm a rather miscellaneous person. I want all the gold, wood, water, fire, and earth." Zhang Junping laughed.

"There are a few more, but I don't know if they can get into Mr.'s eyes."

"I don't care about the value when I collect things, I just ask for a fate.

Just like this sandalwood fan, I took a peek outside the door and felt that this thing was good for my eyes, so I came in to buy it. "Zhang Junping laughed.

"Xiao Li, take care of me. I'll take this gentleman up to the second floor to look at things." The middle-aged clerk called a young man to explain, and then took Zhang Junping to the second floor.

There are not many things on the second floor, but they are all high-quality goods.

Such as all kinds of famous watches, gold and silver jewelry, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, calligraphy and paintings and other small objects.

Zhang Junping looked around, feeling a little disappointed.

Although Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Cartier, and Rolex are all very good, most of the ones that can be displayed are [-]% to [-]% new. Famous watches with tens of thousands and hundreds of millions in later generations only cost a few hundred yuan now.

However, Zhang Junping is not interested in these world famous watches, not because he can't afford them, but he doesn't like wearing watches very much.

"Comrade, is that all there is?" Zhang Junping asked after buying seven or eight watches at random and a dozen pieces of Hui ink.

Although he doesn't like to wear a watch, it's cheap, and it's good to buy a few pieces to give away.

"There are still a lot of things in the warehouse at the back, but unlike a few years ago, there are nothing too good in the warehouse now."

(End of this chapter)