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First grade handmade lantern making method

How to make a first grade handmade lantern is as follows:

The rabbit lantern consists of ten circles of different sizes that form the body, head and tail.

Use the iron pliers to first twist the wire into the desired shape.

Tie the packing tape into a cylindrical rabbit body frame.

Cross the two large ovals to secure them, and line the front and back of the body with two slightly smaller ovals to form the rabbit body.

The head of the rabbit should not be too big to maintain balance and aesthetics. Next, attach the rabbit ears and the two large circles of the head at a 30-degree angle.

After securing the tail, drill holes in the center of the four wooden wheels with nails and attach them to small wooden sticks to make quadrangular wheels.

Fit the base, four wheels and the smudge device, and tie the axles of the wheels under the rabbit's body with wire.

Next paste white paper and stick on red eyes, red ears and red mouth.

Cut the rest of the paper into bushes and paste them one by one from bottom to top.

Chinese lanterns, also known collectively as lantern colors, are an ancient traditional Han craft. After thousands of years of development, lanterns have developed different regional styles, each with a unique form of artistic expression. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, people hang up red lanterns symbolizing the meaning of reunion to create a festive atmosphere.

Lanterns synthesize the crafts of painting, paper-cutting, papier-maché, and embroidery, and are closely related to the lives of Chinese people.? [

Lanterns have become the center of Chinese celebrations.] Lanterns have become a symbol of festivity for the Chinese people. Through successive generations of lantern artists inheritance and development, the formation of colorful varieties and high level of craftsmanship. From the types: palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, chandeliers and so on. From the stylistic points, there are figures, landscapes, birds and flowers, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc., in addition to the horse lanterns for people to enjoy.