How to make lanterns with red envelopes

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Specific steps: first prepare six red envelopes, so that the short sides are connected end to end. Put in the hexagon and fix it with adhesive tape. Then, the short sides of every two red envelopes are glued together with tape to form three pairs. Glue them together to form an asterisk and put them in a hexagon.

Then, the long sides of the five red envelopes are relatively glued together to form a Pentagon. Then, stick the upper and lower parts of the finished lantern together. Then roll out a fireworks-shaped cylinder with a red envelope, roll out six cylinders and stick them on the six sides of the lantern respectively. Decorate with Chinese knots.

Traditional red envelopes, also called lucky money, are money wrapped in red paper by elders for children during the Lunar New Year. It is said that during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, most lucky money was given to children with red ropes.

After the Republic of China, it was wrapped in red paper. Generally, it refers to a red paper bag wrapped with money, which is used as a gift when celebrating, and also refers to bribing others' money. In Cantonese-speaking area of China, red envelopes are called "giving profits", which are gifts made by putting money in red envelopes.

There are two kinds of red envelopes. One is to weave colored ropes into dragons and put them at the foot of the bed. This record can be found in Yanjing year. The other is the most common, that is, parents wrap the money distributed to their children in red paper. Lucky money can be given in public after the younger generation pays New Year's greetings, or it can be quietly put under the child's pillow by parents when the child falls asleep on New Year's Eve.