How to make a rabbit lantern

Rabbit lantern making method:

1, the tools needed are colored paper, take a piece of colored paper folded in the middle, fold both sides with the center line, and then continue to fold both sides with the crease.

2, open it and fold it along the diagonal, open it again and fold it parallel to the line, leaving two horizontal compartments on the top. Pull out the triangle according to the crease, turn it over and pull out a diagonal triangle on the other side as well.

3. Fold the top corner of the folded paper downward, pressing the crease firmly, and then turn it over and fold the bottom right corner upward. Follow the crease to fold inward fold out, folded after the outermost edge to fold inward, the other side of the same fold.

4, put the origami paper horizontally, fold the bottom edge upward and inserted in the inside, the other side is also folded upward and inserted in the inside, once folded rabbit head top corner folded inward.

5, fold the two small corners outward, again outward, because the rabbit's ears are very large, the bottom edge of the corner of the place are folded inward.

6, a **** there are two places need to fold, after folding the paper with your hands from the inside, and then the ears can be organized.

Lanterns are also known as lanterns, lanterns, lantern wheel, palace lanterns, bridal lamps. Chinese lanterns, also collectively known as lantern color, is an ancient traditional Han crafts. Originating more than 2,100 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty, every year before and after the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, people hang up red lanterns to symbolize the meaning of reunion, to create a festive atmosphere.

The lantern has since become a symbol of festivity for the Chinese. 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 modeling points, there are figures, landscapes, birds and flowers, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, and so on, in addition to the horse lanterns for people to enjoy.

Legends about lanterns:

Legends in a long time ago, a lot of fierce birds and beasts, all around the harm to people and livestock, people will organize to fight them, there is a bird of God because of the lost and landed on the earth, but was unaware of the hunters to shoot dead. The emperor was furious when he found out about it, and ordered the heavenly soldiers to come to earth on the 15th day of the first month to set fire to all the human and animal properties on earth.

The daughter of the emperor was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see the people suffer, so she secretly came to the earth and told the people the news. A clever man came up with a method, he let everyone in the first month of the 15th, 16th and 17th of the 3 days are in the house to open lights, lighting firecrackers, fireworks, so that the emperor of the sky will think that the heavenly soldiers have already let go of the fire.

To the night of the 15th day of the first month, the emperor of heaven looked down and found a red light on earth, ringing in the sky for 3 consecutive nights, thinking that it was a big fire burning flames and stop. In order to commemorate this success, from then on every first month of the fifteenth, every family hangs lanterns to commemorate this day.