folding screen
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furniture consisting of flat, hinged panels for dividing a room, sometimes with artistic decoration
Key facts
- Traditional chinese
- 屏風
- Simplified chinese
- 屏风
- Literal meaning
- "Wind Blocker", "Wind Stopper", or "Wind Wall"
- Hanyu pinyin
- píngfēng
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Encyclopedic overview
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 ancient China, eventually spreading to the rest of East Asia, and were popular amongst Europeans.
History
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