Simple method of lanterns

The simple way to light lanterns is as follows:

1. First, fold the four corners of the red envelope inward.

2. Stick the adhesive tape on both sides of the corner.

3. Make five pieces in turn and stick them with double-sided tape.

4. Stick the previously glued ones together.

5. Open the red envelope and put it online.

6. Stick two bells.

7. Tie the glued lanterns with a rope.

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.

The origin of lanterns:

Lantern is an ancient lamp. As early as the eighth century BC, in the Tang Dynasty, the reasons for using lanterns were recorded. There were lanterns in China after the Qin and Han Dynasties, and paper lanterns may have been invented after the Western Han Dynasty.

The custom of watching lanterns on the Lantern Festival originated in the early Han Dynasty, but there are also legends that Emperor Tang Ming played lanterns in Shangyang Palace on the Lantern Festival to celebrate the peace of the country and the people, and then tied lanterns. Accompanied by flickering lights, it symbolizes "the colorful dragon is auspicious, the people are rich and the country is strong", and the custom of playing lanterns is still widely circulated.

There are many theories about the origin of playing lanterns. A widely circulated saying is that the custom of playing lanterns on the Lantern Festival began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Eastern Han Dynasty advocated Buddhism. He heard that on the fifteenth day of the first month, a Buddhist monk watched the Buddhist relics and lit lanterns to worship the Buddha, so all the gentry and ordinary people hung lanterns that night.

Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the court to the people, and from the Central Plains to the whole country. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, in order to celebrate the country's prosperity and people's peace, people tied lanterns, symbolizing "lucky dragons, rich people and strong country" with flashing lights. Since then, the custom of playing lanterns has been widely spread.