Lamp dragon making process

The process of making the lantern dragon is as follows:

1. Prepare a rectangular piece of white paper and draw your favorite picture on it.

2. Fold the white paper like a fan with the front side facing out.

3.Unfold the folded paper to form a cylinder and glue the joints. This is easy.

4: Place a base rest at the bottom of the cylinder, glue it to the cylinder and place a small candle on the base rest.

5. Put a lid on the top of the cylinder and secure it.

6. Thread a string and a small stick on the top so that you can lift the lantern.

7.Light the candle and the lantern is ready.

Lanterns, also known as lantern colors, are ancient Chinese traditional Han crafts that originated more than 2,000 years ago during the Western Han Dynasty. Lanterns synthesize the art of painting, paper-cutting and other crafts, there are palace lanterns, gauze lanterns and other types, from the shape of points, there are figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, and special for the enjoyment of the horse lanterns.

Every year around 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. Chinese lanterns synthesize: the art of painting, paper-cutting, paper tying, and felting and sewing, and among the lanterns made in ancient China, palace lanterns and gauze lanterns are the most famous.

Lanterns are closely linked to Chinese people's lives, and there are lanterns everywhere, in temples and in living rooms. Carefully projected, China's lamp is after the Qin and Han Dynasties, paper lanterns and paper invented in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Chinese lanterns, not only for lighting, it is often also a symbol, Wu Dunhou said, he used to do the bride lamp (i.e., palace lanterns) on behalf of the wedding festivities.