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How to cut lanterns simply and beautifully?

Simple and beautiful lanterns are cut as follows:

Prepare red paper and scissors first, then fold the red paper in half and cut it from the crease. Next, cut the pendant below, which is small at the bottom and big at the top. After cutting four pieces, cut the things under the lantern.

Then cut a big circle and cut the handle on it. Finally, cut out two rectangles at the folding line, and finally trim the edge of the lantern. In this way, simple and beautiful lanterns are cut out.

China Lantern, also known as Lantern, is an ancient traditional handicraft of Han nationality. After thousands of years of development, lanterns have formed different regional styles, and each lantern has its own unique artistic expression. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people hang red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create a festive atmosphere. ?

Lantern is a combination of painting, paper-cutting, paper binding, acupuncture and other technologies, which is closely related to people's lives in China. Lanterns have become a symbol of happiness for the people of China. Through the inheritance and development of lantern artists in past dynasties, colorful varieties and exquisite craftsmanship have been formed.

Lanterns include palace lanterns, gauze lanterns and chandeliers. From the modeling point of view, there are figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects and so on. In addition, there are lanterns for people to enjoy. Lantern in China is a combination of painting art, paper cutting, paper binding, acupuncture and other techniques. Palace lanterns and gauze lanterns are the most famous lanterns in ancient China.