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When will the Kongming Lantern be released?

Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival. In these festivals, the Lantern Festival is not only a cultural tradition, but also a way for people to express their wishes and celebrate. For example, on the Lantern Festival, Kongming lanterns symbolize reunion and hope, and people celebrate and pin their good wishes for the future by flying Kongming lanterns. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Kongming Lantern is an expression of missing family and distant relatives and friends. Kongming lantern, also known as sky lantern, commonly known as wishing lantern and blessing sky lantern, is an ancient Han handicraft. Kongming lanterns were mainly used for military purposes in ancient times. Modern people put lanterns on Kongming lanterns, mainly to pray for blessings. Men, women and children personally write down their wishes for blessings, symbolizing a bumper harvest and happiness every year. Kongming's lanterns are usually set off on major festivals such as Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. People can't control the drifting direction of Kongming lanterns, so they can only "resign themselves to fate". Once the wind direction is unstable or improperly set off after liftoff, Kongming lanterns will directly threaten the safety of airplanes, high-voltage power supply equipment, communication facilities, mountains and various buildings, and do great harm to ground fire safety.