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Method for making handmade chrysanthemum in Tomb-Sweeping Day

The making method of Tomb-Sweeping Day handmade chrysanthemum is as follows:

1. Take a long orange origami and cut one end into thin strips.

2. Stretch the thin strips by hand or bend the thin strips with a pen.

3. Take a piece of green origami, roll it into a thin stick as a flower stick, and wrap the cut origami around the top to make a flower bud.

4. Take a yellow origami, fold it in half, and cut a section in the middle into thin strips.

5. Open the origami, fold it in half in reverse, and stick the edges together with glue.

6. Continue to stick the cut origami around the stamens to make chrysanthemum petals.

7. Make a set of petals in the same way, and a chrysanthemum is finished.

8. Take a pink origami and wind it into a cone as chrysanthemum wrapping paper.

9. Put the finished chrysanthemum into the wrapping paper, and a simple handmade chrysanthemum will be finished.

About Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. It was celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day is the biggest ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation, which originated from ancestors' beliefs and spring worship customs.

Tomb-Sweeping Day has two connotations of nature and humanity, which are both natural solar terms and traditional festivals. Grave-sweeping and ancestor-worship outing are two major themes of Tomb-Sweeping Day, which have been passed down since ancient times in China.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional major Spring Festival. It is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times to sweep graves and remember our ancestors. It is not only conducive to promoting filial piety, awakening family memories, but also conducive to promoting the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation.

Tomb-Sweeping Day's integration of natural solar terms and humanistic customs is a combination of humanistic and natural conditions, which fully embodies the Chinese ancestors' pursuit of harmony between heaven, earth and people, pays attention to conforming to the right time, place and people, and follows the laws of nature.