When the ancient emperor went out, why did the eunuchs and palace ladies hold up 2 large fans for the fan wind?
I believe that many friends who like to watch costume dramas must have found a very interesting phenomenon, that is, when the ancient emperors and empresses went out of the palace, there were often some eunuchs and palace women holding two very large fans. And the travel will also be reported at a level, and the number of followers is also very large, which looks very large and very grand.
However, some people may also be curious about these fans, why did the emperor and the empress go out and let the eunuch palace lady hold such a large two fans next to them? We can feel the hardships of ancient eunuchs and palace women just from the TV, holding up two huge fans, if the weather is good, those slaves will be unlucky when they encounter windy days, and the ancient women's bodies themselves are very weak, and it is too hard to lift heavy objects for a long time.
So what are the names of these two fans, and what exactly do they do? Let's introduce this item to you below.
This kind of fan is called "honor guard fan", and its most direct function is to show the dignity of the emperor and empress. The ancient emperor was the supreme emperor of the nine-five, the proud son of heaven, and the empress was also the mother of a country, regardless of the degree of eating and wearing, it must be exquisite. In the travel, it is also necessary to put up a sufficient posture, must be luxurious, grand, in order to show their majesty.
From the emergence of the fan to the present, there have been three or four thousand years of history, as early as the ancient times, Shunyu in order to broaden the audio-visual, invented the "Five Ming Fan", it is said that this is also the origin of the fan. Later, a cultural relic from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was unearthed in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and the image on it has the existence of a fan, which is the earliest fan image found so far. The earliest physical fan found was a short-handled bamboo fan excavated from the No. 1 Warring States Chu Tomb of the Mashan Brick Factory in Jiangling, Hubei Province.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, fans were more common, and generally servants would hold fans with long handles, which showed that fans already had the function of honor guards at this time, and then fans were also an object used by ancient people to symbolize their status and status.
Honor guards fan to the Tang Dynasty, there are many relevant regulations, no matter what activities the royal family members have, must use fans to decorate. Even in the Song Dynasty, the fan would play very solemn music every time it appeared, which was also the embodiment of imperial power.
Seeing this, I believe that everyone has a certain understanding of the honor guard fan, and its main role is to show the difference between the emperor and the empress, but it is hard work for those slaves.