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Directory for Chinese Fans:
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Fans are more than just ways of cooling yourself on a hot summer day. Among the Chinese, fans are not only for practical uses, but are also considered works of art.
The Chinese fan is believed to have been invented during the Shang Dynasty (1600 BC - 1046 BC). These fans were made out of bird feathers. Fans in China were first used not as cooling tools: lon[...]