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In the Ip Man movies Chinese people bow to each other with one closed fist covered by the other hand, instead of the palms-together bow used in Japan, Thailand, and other Asian countries. Is this historically accurate, and if so what accounts for the difference?

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In the Ip Man movies Chinese people bow to each other with one closed fist covered by the other hand, instead of the palms-together bow used in Japan, Thailand, and other Asian countries. Is this historically accurate, and if so what accounts for the difference?	176