{"id":28868,"date":"2021-11-23T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fuertehoteles.com\/?p=28868"},"modified":"2021-11-22T16:02:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T15:02:28","slug":"the-language-of-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fuertehoteles.com\/en\/culture\/the-language-of-range\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan history, use and language: what can be said with a fan?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fan, that object considered so Spanish, but which in Europe did not arrive until the 16th century when it was brought from the Far East by Portuguese merchants. <\/strong>In principle, this object was used to provide relief from the heat and was commonly used for both sexes. Men used smaller pocket sized ones and women larger ones, although over the years the use of the fan was exclusive to ladies, who came to develop a complicated \u201cfan language\u201d. Indeed, this object has always been considered an object of seduction, imagination and liberation.<\/p>\n

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Fan history around the world<\/h2>\n

\"Historia<\/p>\n

The history of this contraption is as long and ancient as the very existence of humanity. Over the centuries, many are the countries and civilizations that have used it. Although it is thought that it was in the 15th century when the first fans arrived in China from Korea and it was from there that the great <\/strong>adventurers exported them to other countries, recent studies show that the first fans were introduced into Europe by the Jesuits.<\/p>\n

But their era of high use was actually during the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV<\/strong>, when they were totally an indispensable part of people\u2019s dress. Very luxurious products were used (precious stones, Florentine taffeta, gold and precious metals) to make them. But it was in the 17th century when they came to England, but here they were painted by famous artists, were bigger and their rods were attached to a rigid tip.<\/p>\n

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Parts of the fan<\/h2>\n

\"Partes<\/p>\n

Over the years, the fan was \u201cpopularised\u201d and arrived at all social strata. Fans are made up of three parts: the rods and the pin<\/strong> which together form the frame, and then we need to talk about the slips<\/strong><\/p>\n