Betelnut girl in a betelnut booth in Taiwan

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Images By Kenny / Alamy Stock Photo

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DFJ0R5

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26.6 MB (617.8 KB Compressed download)

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3734 x 2489 px | 31.6 x 21.1 cm | 12.4 x 8.3 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

30 June 2012

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The term Betel nut beauty (also betel nut girl – Chinese: 檳榔西施; pinyin: bīnláng xīshī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin-nn̂g se-si) refers to a common sight along roadsides in Taiwan: a young woman selling betel nuts and cigarettes from a brightly lit glass enclosure while wearing revealing clothing. The Mandarin term names the women after Xi Shi, the legendary beauty of imperial China's Spring and Autumn Period. Though betel nuts are chewed in many regions of the Asia-Pacific, the betel nut beauty phenomenon is distinctly Taiwanese.