Orange fan hairpin velvet flower craft handicraft

Chinese fans are poems written with silk,
 bamboo and air. They can be a scholar's brush, a knight's dagger,
 a girl's shield, and even a flowing Tao Te Ching. When Westerners raise their red wine glasses to say Cheers,
Chinese people open their folding fans in a 'whoosh' way, 
which is an oriental way of saying 'a glass of fresh breeze and bright moon'.

Imagine turning silk threads into velvet ribbons – this is the core of *Ronghua* (绒花)
Each strand is like edible gold leaf, but made from silkworm cocoons.
 The craftsmen dye them into sunset hues using plant pigments, just like Van Gogh mixed his *Starry Night* blues."