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Culture insider: Cool and beautiful tips from ancient China

( chinadaily.com.cn ) Updated: 2014-07-11 11:07:46
Culture insider: Cool and beautiful tips from ancient China

Using a fan

Electricity did not exist in the ancient world so people manually fanned themselves with paper- or textile-made fans. China has been dubbed the "kingdom of fans" for many years. Fans were not always tools for cooling oneself, but also were symbols of status and taste.

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