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Fan-leaf repairer: Every year after the Beginning of Summer, fan-leaf repairers would go through the streets with a fan cabinet which carries a pole that stands erect and is tied with thread ropes and small bells. The bells ring as they walk so that people will know a fan-leaf repairer is coming.(Pictures from www.chinfun.com)

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