The handmade practice of making red packet lanterns

The handmade practice of making red packet lanterns is as follows:

Required materials:

12 red packet seals, 6 bead flowers, one hanging spike, and 40 centimeters of red silk thread.

Specific method:

1. Starting from the center of the paper, fold out two corners to both sides.

2. Align the top done and staple it.

3, make a circle around the finished red wrapping paper and prop it up to give it a three-dimensional look.

4, according to the above steps will be made to do two spare.

5, finally, the two half lanterns made in the fourth step will be spliced together, stapled together is completed.

Chinese lanterns, also known collectively as lantern colors, are an ancient traditional Han craft. After thousands of years of development, lanterns have developed different regional styles, each with a unique form of artistic expression. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, people hang up red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create a festive atmosphere.

Lanterns synthesize the crafts of painting, paper-cutting, papier-maché and sewing, and are closely linked to the lives of the Chinese people.

Lanterns have become a symbol of festivity for Chinese people. Through successive generations of lantern artists inheritance and development, the formation of colorful varieties and high level of craftsmanship. From the type: palace lanterns, gauze lamps, chandeliers and so on. From the stylistic points, there are figures, landscapes, birds and flowers, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc., in addition to the horse lanterns for people to enjoy.