Although Snow Flower and the Secret Fan bored most people, it was still considered quite good by female audiences, especially more sentimental ones.
Some people even cried at emotional moments.
The movie had several parts that easily touched the tear ducts of sentimental, artsy viewers. These were mainly concentrated in three plot points: Snow Flower (Jeon Ji-hyun) losing her son and being comforted by Baihe (played by Li Bingbing), Baihe receiving the returned folding fan from Snow Flower, and Snow Flower's death.
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