油扇盛行于明清时代,《杖扇新录》有这样一段记载:“骨细密,以三十六始,有多至五十骨者,展之形如半规。面用柿漆涂纸,泽以黑油,故名‘油扇’。佳者剪金箔为翎毛、花卉、正单行书,贴于两面,亦有彩画人物者。”这种扇子本来是仆隶佣人用的,清嘉庆、道光年间还没在士商阶层里流通。到了同治、光绪年间,就在士大夫家里流传得很广了,王公大臣都争着用。使用者身份的转变,让油扇也跟着做出了改良,这以后便有了象牙的骨 Oil fans prevailed in the Ming and Qing dynasties, “Staff fan new record” has such a record: “bone fine dense to thirty-six beginners, up to fifty bones who show the shape of a semicircle. Paper, Ze to black oil, hence the name ’fan’ .Golden cut gold foil for the feather, flowers, is a single book, affixed to both sides, there are pictures of characters. ”This fan was originally servant maid Qing Jiaqing, Daoguang not yet circulation in the business class. To the Tongzhi, Guangxu years, spread widely at the doctor’s house, princes and ministers are scrambling to use. User identity changes, so that fans have followed to make improvements, after which there will be ivory bone