The history of Chinese fan can be dated to over 3,000 years ago，around the Shang Dynasty. The first type of fan, known as Shanhan, was tied to a horse-drawn carriage to shut out the strong sunshine and shelter the passengers from the rainfall. The Shanhan was a bit like today’s umbrella. Later this Shanhan became a long-handled fan made of thin and tough silk or birds5 feathers, called a Zhangshan fan, which was mainly used by the emperor’s honour guard as decoration.

　　中國人民依法享受超過115天的假期，其中包括104天的周 末和11天的節假日。中國一年中有7個法定假日，包括元旦(New Year’s Day),春節(Spring Festival),清明節(Qingming Festival), 五一勞動節(May Day)，端午節(Dragon Boat Festival),中秋節(Mid- Autumn Day)和國慶節(National Day)。員工有5至15天的帶薪年假。學生和老師有大約三個月的寒暑假。在中國，暑假_般約在7月1 日開始，8月31日左右結束，寒假是根據春節的日期，通常是在1 月或2月。

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　　Chinese people legally enjoy over 115 days off including 104 days of weekends and 11 days of festivals. China has seven legal holidays in a year，including New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, May Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Day and National Day. Employees have 5 to 15 days of paid annual leave. Students and teachers have summer and winter vacations for about three months. The summer vacation in China generally starts around July 1st and ends around August 31st，and the winter vacation usually falls on January or February according to the date of the Spring Festival.