From Wikipedia: "It is undesirable to give someone a fan or an umbrella as a gift. The words fan "shàn" (扇) and umbrella "sǎn" (traditional Chinese: 傘, simplified Chinese: 伞) sound like the word "sàn" (散), meaning scatter or to lose. "sàn kāi" (traditional Chinese: 散開, simplified Chinese: 散开) means to split up. [2]"But I wanted to give all of my guests fans because I will have a summer wedding. I believe proper etiquette would insist that I do something to make sure they are comfortable during my wedding.I originally thought that the fans were a great idea, but after my future mother in law said something, i feel like I must change my mind to fit Chinese etiquette.But then again, it is American etiquette to never give money as a gift. Or put food on someone else's plate or insist on giving food to someone, which is a common occurrence it a Chinese home. It's even rude to ask someone why they don't eat something or why they do eat it, and that is a common question when I eat with my fiance's family. This has always made me uncomfortable.I wonder that maybe since my beliefs are being ignored, maybe I can ignore this one. I want my guests' comfort to be above silly supersittions.Has anyone else had a issue about fans? I think they probably wont mind too much, the only person I worry about is my fiance's grandfather, I would hate for him to be dissapointed in my manners or whatever.