When will the Kongming Lantern be released?

Kongming's lanterns are usually set off on major festivals such as Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

On a clear and windless night, one person holds the left and right sides of the lamp bottom, and the other person soaks absorbent cotton with alcohol and lights it until both hands feel that the Kongming Lantern is rising, that is, let go of both hands slowly, and the Kongming Lantern will fly slowly, and the rising height can reach 1000m or so.

When taking off with a light, tie a piece of coarse cloth or gold paper stained with kerosene or peanut oil in the middle of the bracket at the bottom, and light the fuel before flying. After the fire in the lamp burns for a while, it will produce hot air and the lanterns will expand. After flying, the whole lantern will soar in Ran Ran. If the weather is clear and the kerosene at the bottom burns out, the Kongming Lantern will automatically descend.

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According to legend, Kongming Lantern was invented by Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period. Zhuge Liang was besieged by Sima Yi in Pingyang, and the whole army was helpless. Zhuge Liang came up with a clever plan, calculated the wind direction clearly, and ordered people to bring thousands of blank sheets of paper and paste them into countless lanterns.

Then use the upward gravity of the smoke to remove them, and the little lantern will rise. The soldiers in the camp shouted: "Mr. Zhuge broke through in the sky lantern!" ".Sima Yi actually believed that Zhuge Liang was able to escape by going out to chase the sky lanterns. Later generations called this lantern "Kongming Lantern".

Modern people put lanterns on Kongming lanterns as a blessing. The wishes of men, women and children to write blessings by hand symbolize the bumper harvest and happiness every year.