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What is the moral and symbolic significance of the red fan in the New Year?

The moral and symbolic significance of China New Year red fans are as follows:

1, "fans" and "kindness" are homophonic, and fans also have the meaning of "kindness" and "kindness", which is a good gift.

2. Fans are used as mascots to ward off evil spirits and make love. In eastern Zhejiang, on the first Dragon Boat Festival after her daughter's marriage, her mother's family had to send someone to visit her with all kinds of fans.

Before Ming Dynasty, fans were mainly given by men and women. The cultural meaning of fans is mainly to express friendship, especially as souvenirs when classmates break up. However, after entering the Ming and Qing Dynasties, fans became one of the items that men gave women, and they often wrote poems, drew pictures and expressed their feelings on fans.

A friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. In ancient times, literati often exchanged folding fans with friends to show that friendship lasts forever. Over time, fans have become a symbol of friendship.