Ciao Royals! Today’s lesson is historical in nature, as we
will be talking about secret codes used through history, specifically secret
codes used with folding fans and flower meanings.
Throughout history, women have had languages all our own.
While now, we subconsciously communicate through clothing and makeup choices as
well as body language, and slang, in older times women would secretly communicate
through codes make up with folding fans, sometimes even communicating with
suitors. Women could communicate with each other also using flower arrangements.
This isn’t to say that men couldn’t do these things too,
after all, many men knew the fan codes to understand their partner, and men
knew flower meanings just as well. After all, if you sent the wrong flower back
in the day, it could mean the end of social connections, which were valued
quite highly.
So what were some of these codes? And why do they matter to
modern day royals, such as yourselves?
Flower Codes:
Infographic was created using Canva and is free to use.
So why would you ever need flower codes in real life? Say
you want to send a specific message with flowers, or maybe you want to make sure
you get the right flowers for a special occasion. Just whatever you do, never
give your crush a striped carnation! That means that you’re rejecting them.
So what about fan codes?
Back in the day, women used to carry folding fans in order
to cool off, but also to communicate. Some common meanings were:
If you were single, hold the fan open, covering your mouth.
If you were fanning yourself quickly, it meant you were
taken.
Resting your closed fan on certain sides of your face also
had meaning, if you rest your closed fan on your left cheek, it means no, if you rest your fan on your
right cheek, it means yes.
If you twirl your fan in your right hand, it means you are uninterested.
As you can see, these fan codes were mostly used to communicate
with potential suitors. Now, since nobody really carries folding fans this
practice has died out, but if you ever use a folding fan in the future, now you
know how to communicate with it!
Thanks for reading and bearing with me as my recent posts
have been a little late. I apologize.
See you in my next post!
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