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How does Zigong Lantern Festival Phoenix fly?

Take off by using the difference between gravity and buoyancy.

This kind of phoenix lamp can fly on the same principle as Kongming Lantern. When the fuel in the lamp burns, the air density in the lampshade decreases and the air weight in the lampshade decreases. The gravity of the whole lamp is less than buoyancy, so it can fly to the sky.

Zigong Lantern Festival is one of the local traditional folk customs and national intangible cultural heritages in Zigong City, Sichuan Province.