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Folding screen

A folding screen, also known as pingfeng (Chinese: 屏風; pinyin: píngfēng), is a type of free-standing furniture consisting of several frames or panels, which are often connected by hinges or by other means. They have practical and decorative uses, and can be made in a variety of designs with different kinds of materials. Folding screens originated from…

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Hanyu Pinyin
píngfēng
Literal meaning
"Wind Blocker", "Wind Stopper", or "Wind Wall"
Simplified Chinese
屏风
Traditional Chinese
屏風
Transcriptions
TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinpíngfēng

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Folding screen

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Triples65
Avg. degree1.97
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Folding screen

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related to Origin · 24
Folding screen → An, BCE, Cao Xueqin, CE, China, Chinese, Depictions, Dream, Eastern Zhou, Folding, Han, Han-era, It, Li He, Red Chamber, Screen, Screens, Shandong Province, Song, Tang
related to Spread to Europe · 19
Folding screen → As, Azuchi Screens, Cambon, China, Chinese, Coco Chanel, Europe, Europeans, Folding, French, In, Japanese, Middle Ages, Oda Nobunaga, Paris, Pope Gregory XIII, She, The French, Vatican
related to Uses · 8
Folding screen → Although, As, China, Chinese, Folding, Screens, Some, They
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Folding screen → píngfēng
Literal meaning · 1
Folding screen → "Wind Blocker", "Wind Stopper", or "Wind Wall"
Simplified Chinese · 1
Folding screen → 屏风
Traditional Chinese · 1
Folding screen → 屏風
Transcriptions · 1
Folding screen → TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinpíngfēng
used for · 1
Folding screen → mourning or ancestral rites

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folding screens screen chinese dynasty china used known popular century period became often designs also uses tang paintings many room

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Folding screenHanyu Pinyinpíngfēng1.00infobox
Folding screenLiteral meaning"Wind Blocker", "Wind Stopper", or "Wind Wall"1.00infobox
Folding screenSimplified Chinese屏风1.00infobox
Folding screenTraditional Chinese屏風1.00infobox
Folding screenTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinpíngfēng1.00infobox
at Gyeongbok Palaceinstance ofSeveral examples of irworobongdo can be seen across palaces in Korea0.80text
Changdeok Palaceinstance ofSeveral examples of irworobongdo can be seen across palaces in Korea0.80text
Changgyeonggung.Korean folding screen on display at the Guimet Museuminstance ofSeveral examples of irworobongdo can be seen across palaces in Korea0.80text
Paris.Six-panel chaekgori folding screeninstance ofSeveral examples of irworobongdo can be seen across palaces in Korea0.80text
late 1800s.Another type of screen is the chaekgeoriinstance ofSeveral examples of irworobongdo can be seen across palaces in Korea0.80text
with scholarly motifs such as books in a shelf.Common types of byeongpung produced during the Joseon dynasty includedinstance ofSeveral examples of irworobongdo can be seen across palaces in Korea0.80text
dragonsinstance ofFolding screens would have common motifs0.80text

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