How to fold a lantern with paper

How to fold a lantern with paper is as follows:

1. First, fold the square of paper in half and fold it into a triangle. Then fold it in half one more time to make a small triangle.

2. Then everyone unfolds the triangle and squeezes the paper along the fold to form a double triangle.

3. Gather up the two sides and fold them into a square shape, and do the same on the opposite side.

4. Fold the left and right corners toward the center, respectively, and do the same on the reverse side.

5. Tuck each of the four corners into the triangle that looks like a pocket underneath, as shown in the picture.

6, see the top of the small hole did not, we finally to the small hole with the mouth blow up, the lantern is folded.

Chinese lanterns and collectively known as lantern color, is an ancient traditional Han crafts. After thousands of years of development, lanterns have developed different regional styles, each with a unique 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 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 types of lanterns: palace lanterns, lanterns, 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.