[Photo/The Fan Museum]
If you find those rules difficult to remember, especially for more complex sentences, these were some of the more commonly used gestures of the day:
Hold the fan with your right hand in front of your face: Follow me.
Place the fan near your heart: I love you.
Drop the fan: We can be friends.
Fan self slowly: I'm married.
Fan self quickly: I'm engaged.
Open the fan wide: Wait for me.
Press a half-closed fan to your lips: You may kiss me.
Carry an open fan in your left hand: Come and talk to me.
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