Sandalwood fans are made from folding fans. The fan got its name because its ribbing is made out of sandal wood, which is very fragrant. Sandalwood fan does not only cool people in the summer months but prevents clothes from moths and keep them scented in autumn. Sandalwood fans often look lovely and exquisite.

Sandalwood fans are made of Indian sandals based on traditional Chinese techniques through a series of processes including manual pulling, pyrographing, painting, carving, and so on. The fans have a long-lasting and pleasant fragrance to it. The subjects carved on the fans vary from lifelike figures, landscapes, flowers, birds, fishes to insects, among which the most famous ones are the pulled and pyrographed sandal fans with Chang'e Flies to the Moon and the Fairy Scatters Flowers to the Earth patterns, the pulled sandal fan with Dragon Spitting Bead pattern and the pyrographed landscape fan.