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===== {{transliteration|zh|Tuanshan}} ===== Silk round-shaped fans are called {{transliteration|zh|[[tuanshan]]}} ({{lang|zh|[[wikt:ε’ζ|ε’ζ]]}}), also known as "fans of reunion"; it is a type of "rigid fan".<ref name=":110" /><ref name=":1" />{{Rp|5}} These types of fans were mostly used by women in the [[Tang dynasty]] and were later introduced into [[Japan]].<ref name=":113">{{Cite web |date=2019-06-04 |title=A Brief Introduction to Hanfu's Fans Culture - 2021 |url=https://www.newhanfu.com/886.html |access-date=2021-03-28 |website=www.newhanfu.com |language=en-US}}</ref> These round fans remained mainstream even after the growing popularity of the folding fans.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|8, 12β16}} Round fans with [[Chinese painting]]s and with calligraphy became very popular in the [[Song dynasty]].<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|8, 12β16}} During the Song dynasty, famous artists were often commissioned to paint fans. Lacquer fans were also one of the unique handcraft of the Song dynasty.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|16}} Chinese brides also used a type of moon-shaped round fan in a [[Traditional Chinese marriage|traditional Chinese wedding]] called {{transliteration|zh|queshan}}.<ref name=":2" /> The ceremonial rite of {{transliteration|zh|queshan}} was an important ceremony in Chinese wedding: the bride would hold it in front of her face to hide her shyness, to remain mysterious, and as a way to exorcise evil spirits.<ref name=":2" /> After all the other wedding ceremonies were completed and after the groom had impressed the bride, the bride would then proceed in revealing her face to the groom by removing the {{transliteration|zh|queshan}} from her face.<ref name=":2" /> <gallery mode="packed" heights="140" caption="Chinese hand fans"> File:Circular Silk Fan with the Calligraphy & Painting and a Lacquered Handle 2013-07.JPG|A round fan with a Chinese painting, a type of rigid fan; late Qing dynasty. File:Chen Hongshou, Appreciating Plums, detail.jpg|A woman holding a flat oval fan with a [[Chinese painting]] from the painting "Appreciating Plums" by [[Chen Hongshou]] (1598β1652) </gallery>
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