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中国古典家具屏风英语介绍 Screens date back to China during the Eastern Zhou [1][2]Dynasty period (771-256 BCE). These were initially one-panel [3]screens in contrast to folding screens. Folding screens were [4]invented during the Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE). Depictions of those folding screens have been found in Han Dynasty era [1]tombs, such as one in Zhucheng, Shandong Province. A folding screen was often decorated with beautiful art, major themes included mythology, scenes of palace life, and nature. It is often associated with intrigue and romance in the literature of China as, for example, a young lady in love could take a curious [1][2]peek hidden from behind a folding screen. An example of such a thematic occurrence of the folding screen would be in the [5]classical novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin. The folding screen was a subject that had often reoccurred [6]in Tang literature. The Tang poet Li He (790–816) wrote the Song of the Screen, describing a folding screen of a newly-wed [6]couple. The folding screen surrounded the bed of the young couple, its twelve panels was adorned with butterflies alighted on China pink flowers (an allusion to lovers), and had silver hinges [6]resembling glass coins. Folding screens were originally made from wooden panels and painted on lacquered surfaces, eventually folding screens made [3]from paper orsilk became popular too. Even though folding screens were known to have been used since antiquity, it became [7]rapidly popular during theTang Dynasty (618–907). During the Tang Dynasty, folding screens were considered ideal ornaments for many painters to display [2][3]theirpaintings and calligraphy on. Many artists painted on paper [2]or silk and applied it onto the folding screen. There were two distinct artistic folding screens mentioned in historical literature of the era. One of