Handmade course of Mid-Autumn Lantern

The tutorial of hand-made Mid-Autumn Lantern is as follows:

Tools/materials: scissors, double-sided tape, pencil.

1. Draw a pattern on the red cardboard and cut out the innermost circle and the outermost circle.

2. Prepare six identical things.

3. Stick the double-sided adhesive tape to the top and bottom of the circle and the outer frame.

4. Stick the place where the double-sided adhesive is stuck on the other side that is not stuck.

5. Circles are also glued together in the same step to become hydrangeas.

6. Stand a red rope in the middle of the combination.

7. Then adjust the position after gluing.

8. Put yellow paper on the head and bottom, and it's done.

Mid-autumn festival custom

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the most important customs are enjoying the moon and eating moon cakes.

Enjoy the moon. Mid-Autumn Festival, China has the custom of enjoying the moon since ancient times. The Book of Rites records that "the moon sets at dusk", that is, worshipping the moon god. In the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn Festival night, activities to welcome the cold and offer sacrifices to the moon were held. Put a big incense table with seasonal fruits such as moon cakes, watermelons, apples, plums and grapes, among which moon cakes and watermelons are absolutely indispensable. Watermelon must be cut into lotus shapes. In the Tang Dynasty, it was quite popular to enjoy and play with the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In the Song Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was more popular to enjoy the moon. According to "Dream of Tokyo", "On the Mid-Autumn Festival night, your family is dressing up and the people are fighting for the restaurant to play the moon". On this day, teahouses and wineries have to redecorate their facades, tie silk ornaments on archways and sell fresh fruits and refined foods. The night market is very lively, and many people visit The Upper Terrace. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the custom of enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival remains the same, and many places have formed special customs such as burning incense, planting trees, lighting tower lanterns, putting sky lanterns, walking on the moon and dancing dragons.