How to assemble a windmill

The assembly method of windmill is as follows:

Preparation materials/tools: a pair of scissors, a roll of double-sided adhesive tape, a straw, a square cardboard and a thumbtack.

Step 1: First, prepare all the tools needed to make a windmill.

Step 2: Fold the four corners of the colored paper in half, and then cut it along the folding line with scissors, leaving about one centimeter in the middle.

Step 3: After cutting, cut a few pieces of short double-sided tape and stick them in the position shown below.

Step 4: Fold an angle inward first, don't squash it, but stick it together.

Step 5, then use the above method to make another corner.

Step 6: Paste all four corners in the middle.

Step 8, fix the windmill on the straw with thumbtacks, and the rotating windmill will be finished.

Before nailing the four corners of the windmill, you can fix the nails with transparent tape. You can use knitting beads (much like pins, but with plastic beads at the top). If it is fixed, use a straw. After completion, fix the suction pipe directly on the windmill bracket.

The meaning of windmill

Windmill is a kind of power machine that can use wind energy without fuel. Early wind turbines were also called windmills. Modern wind turbines refer to wind turbines used for power generation, and some are also used for pumping irrigation.

Ancient windmills were developed from sails. It has 6 ~ 8 pairs of awnings like sailboats, which are distributed around a vertical axis. When the wind blows, it rotates around the axis like a lantern, which is called a lantern windmill.

Because of its low efficiency, this kind of windmill is gradually replaced by other windmills, such as "vertical windmill" and "automatic rotor windmill".

The origin of windmills

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.

Its small wheel rotates to pray for good weather: its small drum makes a harmonious sound: its red, yellow, green and colored stripes are symbols of sunshine, land and blue sky. 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, and represent happiness and auspiciousness in folk windmills. Jiang Ziya invented it to subdue demons, formerly known as Bagua Wind Wheel.

The diameter of the gossip wind wheel 1 ft 1 in5, the circumference of which is 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.