Hand fans have two general categories according to their shapes: 1. Flat fans (“平扇” pÇ ng shàn)(can not be folded): Circular fans, palm-leaf fans, straw fans, feather fans, and so on. 2. Folding ...

Stir the air with an antique fan and awaken the silent spirits of centuries. On the breeze comes a succession of characters as varied as Egyptian pharaohs and jazz-age flappers, Renaissance queens and ...

Some hand fans were marketed as covert flirtation tools during the Victorian Era, but the extent to which they were used that way is unknown. A lightweight fan for personalized cooling is probably as ...