When the ancient emperor went out, why did the eunuchs and palace ladies hold up 2 large fans for the fan wind?
Many friends like to watch costume dramas, especially strategy or palace fighting noodles, which are particularly attractive. And in the costume drama, the scene of the emperor on tour is very spectacular; not only will there be internal attendants and palace ladies holding dependent items, but also there will be royal forest troops riding horses to escort, feeling that the emperor is majestic and powerful. But it is very strange that whether it is winter or summer, there will be fans in your honor guard, and it is still a particularly large one, why is this?
In fact, the time period when the fan appeared is still quite early in the historical record, and the earliest can be traced back to the time of the Spring and Autumn Chariot. The portraits treasured in the museums in Sichuan include the appearance of fans, and the excavated cultural relics also have fans from the Spring and Autumn Period, and even wild history records that there were prototypes of fans in the Yao Shun period. During the Han Dynasty, this fan was already used by many people. However, at that time, the fan was still a functional tool, that is, to relieve the heat and use the fan to cool down.
Later, in the Tang Dynasty, because this fan could write and paint on the fan surface, some elegant students began to use it as a symbolic ornament, no matter when, even in winter, they had to take a folding fan to show their elegance. And large fans also began to appear in the honor guards of the royal family and the nobility. However, there are still strict rules for the use of this kind of large fan, such as a few for the emperor and a few for the prince or nobleman, which are clearly stipulated. At that time, if you used it wrong, or used it too much, the emperor would send a very severe punishment, especially if you used the number of emperors, there might be a disaster of killing yourself.
As for the role of the fans in the team, except for the occasional use to block the sun, it is really only because of the beauty and appearance of the more prestigious reasons. From the Tang Dynasty onwards, especially in the Song Dynasty, this big fan not only appeared in the honor guard, but even in the Upper Dynasty, there were palace women with beautiful large fans standing next to the emperor, showing their majesty and noble status. In fact, the bigger this fan is, the more difficult it is to control, it is fine in the palace, and it is really a physical job to hold the fan during this tour. If it happens to be the windy season, it won't take long for the hands to lose strength, so the honor guard actually has a lot of spare palace people. Why is the emperor on a tour so big, it is not without reason, the personnel of this honor guard is very large, and it cannot be prepared, after all, it is related to the dignity and noble image of the emperor, so the cost of going out on a tour is really very large. And the fan is just a very common decoration in the honor guard, it looks good, in fact, it is really not as cool as the small fan can also fan the wind.