Can Fans be Weapons in Martial Arts? (Intermediate)

Fan is an instrument for producing a current of air and people use it to keep cool in hot summers. But do you know that fans can also be weapons in martial arts? Let’s watch this video to find out:
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In many Chinese martial arts novels and dramas, “扇子 (shànzi) fans” are used as weapons. A chivalrous person can defeat many enemies with only a small fan. As this video shows, two foreigners use fans as weapons to fight each other. Besides, they play the fans quite “漂亮 (piàoliang) beautifully” showing a great charm of the Chinese Kung-Fu. In ancient times, scholars also liked fans. They loved to write words and paint on their fans to show their Chinese writing and painting skills.
Fans in China have a rich cultural heritage and are a part of the national Chinese culture. China was once named as “the kingdom of fans.” There were a large variety of fans in ancient China. But what were really loved by the collectors were only folding fans and round fans. Now there are four groups of people who like to use fans the most. The first group is the story tellers and cross talkers. The second group is the chess players. The scholars and the artists represent the third group. The last group is the dancers (fan dancing).