Method for making traditional lanterns

Use bamboo branches. Or use bamboo strips as a skeleton. 1. Bamboo branches and strips can only be used after being soaked in water. Usually square or cylindrical. The joints of bamboo branches are fixed with iron wires. Cut the white paper and red paper to the size of the skeleton as much as possible. If you choose a good image, you can draw it yourself. If you can't, you can cut it out with pictures, and you must use red paper.

Wrap the skeleton with white paper and stick it firmly, and then stick the cut one on the white paper. Exposure on red and white paper can be reduced. Form a wisp of air. Install lighting and make a hanging plate with wire. The lantern is half high and hung on the top. Put the candles away. Nowadays, lantern cloth is made of cloth, and silk with high transparency is selected. Cut, generally cut 9 oval pieces, paste them, or sew them, and finally stick them together at the joint.

Spring Festival lanterns can set off the atmosphere of the New Year and add festive flavor. Because the red lantern not only symbolizes family reunion and prosperity, but also symbolizes happiness, brightness, vitality, perfection and wealth. Lantern has a long history. According to Wei Cuncheng, a famous archaeologist in China, lanterns in China are the earliest portable lighting tools invented in the world.

The word "East" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions may be a description of the original lantern image. "Southern History" recorded the phrase "hanging Ge lanterns on the wall". Pueraria lobata is a coarse white cloth made of hemp, and lanterns made of it may be the original prototype of yarn lanterns. However, red lanterns flourished after the founding of New China. After years of development, they have become festival lanterns for today's festivals.