唐代仪仗扇小考

A Study of Fan Guards of Honor in Tang Dynasty

仪仗扇作为我国封建王朝统治的产物,它的使用可追溯到战国、两汉之际。随着封建中央集权的不断加强,仪仗扇在唐代得到进一步的完善与发展,较前朝而言,其种类较为丰富,政治功用特征愈加明显。唐代索扇制度的提出是对仪仗扇应用的规范化,大大强化了仪仗扇的政治意义,对后世产生了深刻的影响。

Fan guards of honor, as a product of China＇ s feudal dynasty, can be traced back to the Warring States and Han Dynasty. With the increasing enhancement of feudal centralized powers, fan guards of honor in Tang Dynasty had been further perfected and developed. Compared with the former dynasty, the types of fan guards of honor were abundant and the political function became more obvious. The closing system of fan in Tang Dynasty has standardized the use of fan guard of honor, and strengthened the political significance greatly, thus has exerted a profound effect on the following generations.