CCTV News – Museum Calendar: “Bestie’s Secret Talk” Was Actually Written on a Fan
(Original title: 文博日历｜什么？“闺蜜悄悄话”竟然写在了一把扇子上)

CCTV News – Museum Calendar: “Bestie’s Secret Talk” Was Actually Written on a Fan
(Original title: 文博日历｜什么？“闺蜜悄悄话”竟然写在了一把扇子上)

Nüshu script; Chinese news article; fan inscriptions; poetic expression; floral motifs; Jiangyong women’s culture

This article, published by CCTV News in March 2024, analyzes the folding fan with the inscription ‘Jie Xia Hao Qing Yi’ and provides the full transcription and interpretation of the fan’s text. The writing conveys a wish for lasting female friendship and appears in poetic five-character lines. The article also describes the fan’s eight-petal flower pattern, made of birds and blossoms. It points out that the Nüshu script is thin, slanted, and shaped like willow leaves. It also comments on the enduring cultural value of Nüshu and its modern-day influence.

CCTV News Team
Supervisor: Tang Yi (唐怡); Producer: Wu Huifeng (武慧锋); Writer: Wang Nan (王楠); Visual: Yu Ruoyi (喻偌洢); Technical: Tang Pei (汤沛); Reviewer: Zuo Zhongming (左中明); Coordinators: Liu Ying (刘莹), Dai Guangyu (戴广宇)

https://content-static.cctvnews.cctv.com/snow-book/index.html?item_id=11510561019461667763

CCTV News

2024-03-07

Material Support: Song Kaixin (宋凯欣), Ouyang Ganxiang (欧阳干湘), Jiangyong Media, Xie Wenbin (谢文彬), Chen Jun (陈军)
Special Thanks: Hunan Museum, CCTV Hunan Branch, Zhongguo wenwu bao

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News article; web-based media; Chinese-language publication

Chinese

Text; Article; Cultural Commentary

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Jiangyong County, Hunan, China; 19th century (artifact), 21st century (media interpretation)

女性柔美的外形下蕴藏着鲜活的个性

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自信、阳光、开朗、包容

女书是流传于湖南省永州市江永县上江圩镇一带

由女性使用的特殊表音文字

是目前世界上唯一的女性专用文字

在当时的传统社会中，女性地位低下

没有机会接受教育，更不识汉字

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于是当地女性自创了女书

Digital news article (web-based); text with images; simplified Chinese.