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What are the uses of handkerchiefs?

Traditionally, handkerchiefs are mainly made of cloth and are mainly used for wiping hands, wiping sweat, blowing noses, wrapping small objects, and as women's decorations and love objects.

The handkerchief can also be used to decorate a suit, or as a prop in some operas, where it is danced or rotated with both hands to increase the effect of the play, as in the case of Duo-Ren-Ju (Two People's Opera).

Modern handkerchiefs are generally made of paper, paper handkerchiefs usually have four main categories: "ordinary wipes" are mainly used to clean the skin, "disinfectant wipes" are divided into two kinds, one is used for small wounds and the surrounding skin cleaning and disinfection. The other is a broad-spectrum bactericidal effect, used for skin cleansing, slippery, disinfection, sterilization and daily necessities, sanitary ware cleaning sterilization.

"Baby care wipes" are specially used for cleaning and caring for baby's face or buttocks, and "Women's makeup remover wipes" are mainly used for cleaning women's facial skin care products.

Expanded Information:

. p>Handkerchief, a handkerchief; a substitute for a gift. See Tang - Wang Jian "Palace Lyrics" No. 47: "Braid got red Luo handkerchief, the center of the fine painting a pair of cicadas." China's pre-Qin Dynasty has "scarf", to the Eastern Han Dynasty, "scarf" a kind of evolution for handkerchiefs.

Blue and white printed handkerchiefs were found in the Eastern Han Dynasty tombs excavated in Xinjiang in 1959. In the long narrative poem "Southeast Flight of the Peacock", there is a line that reads, "The woman is silent, the handkerchief covers her mouth and cries", and the "handkerchief" here is actually a handkerchief for wiping away tears.

Source: Baidu Encyclopedia Handkerchief