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How to fold lanterns with paper

The folding method of paper lanterns is as follows:

1, a square piece of paper, first fold a cross. (Fold along two midlines)

2. The four corners are folded to the center point respectively.

3. Turn to the back.

4. Fold the four corners to the center point again.

5. Turn it over again.

6. The four corners turned to the center point again.

7. Turn it over for the last time.

8. Unfold and flatten the upper and lower parts, and a simple lantern origami is completed.

You can make handmade lanterns with children, which is simple and fun, and can also exercise your baby's hands-on ability. You can also try to make a small origami lantern during the Spring Festival holiday, and the new year will be prosperous.

The folding method of paper lamp building is as follows:

1. Fold the paper in half, take a square and fold the other side. When taking a square, you can cut open the "Handbroken Party" with the help of a knife.

2. Fold two diagonal triangles inward to form a graph.

3. Fold the four corners in turn.

4. Fold the four corners to the center line in turn to form the shape as shown in the figure.

5, in turn, put the following extra paper into the seam in that corner, the fortress here is better! Finally formed as shown in the figure.

6. Fold the center line slightly, blow it into the hole, and drum it up to be a lantern.

Lanterns symbolize family reunion, prosperity, happiness, brightness, vitality, perfection and wealth, and can create a festive atmosphere.

Lantern is an important part of China traditional culture. Whether in the old days or now, hand-tied lanterns not only set off the festive atmosphere of the festival, but also gave people more inspiration to pray and pinned people's good expectations for health, peace and longevity.

Lantern in China combines painting art, paper cutting, paper binding, sewing and other techniques. Palace lanterns and gauze lanterns are the most famous lanterns made in ancient China. In China, lanterns are closely related to people's lives. There are lanterns everywhere in temples and living rooms. After careful calculation, there were lanterns in China after Qin and Han Dynasties and paper lanterns after the invention of paper in the Eastern Han Dynasty.