Windmill folding method

The windmill folding method is as follows:

Preparation materials: white paper, crayons, two straws, toothpicks, tape and scissors.

1. Fold the square white paper horizontally, vertically and obliquely, leaving a crease.

2. Cut the oblique crease with scissors and color it with colored pen.

3. Fold the corner of the triangle on the blank edge to the center point and fix it with adhesive tape.

4. Cut off a straw, string the adhesive tape with a toothpick and fix the windmill.

5. Put the finished windmill between the toothpick and the straw, and a windmill is finished.

The basic characteristics and folk symbols of windmills;

I. Basic characteristics

Windmills developed from sails have 6-8 pairs of awnings like sailboats, which are distributed around a vertical axis. When the wind blows, they rotate around the axis like lanterns, which are called lantern windmills. Because of its low efficiency, this kind of windmill is gradually replaced by other windmills, such as "vertical windmill" and "automatic rotor windmill".

The windmills in ancient China have obvious characteristics. Except for the horizontal axis, the sails are all sail-shaped. The sail is not installed in the radial position of the axle, but on eight columns around the axle frame. The sail is biased, that is, one side of the mast is narrow and the other side is wide, and it is tightened with ropes.

Second, folk symbols.

Windmill, also known as auspicious wheel, gossip wind wheel and amulet of the four seasons. This thing is unremarkable When the Spring Festival comes, you can see it in the street. It is made of sorghum stalks, clay petals and colored paper. Small wheels rotate to pray for good weather, and small drums symbolize harmony. The capital was the most popular in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it was a symbol of old Beijing. People call it the auspicious wheel.

Later people used to call it a windmill. Windmills originated in the Zhou Dynasty, representing happiness and auspiciousness among the people. It was invented by Jiang Ziya. It was used to suppress evil spirits. It was originally named Bagua Wind Wheel, with a diameter of 1 ft and a circumference of 365 minutes. 1 is divided into one day, that is, 365 days. The four seasons have four symbols, 12 represents 12 months, and 24 heads represent 24 solar terms. This wind wheel is used to ward off evil spirits.