Making Skills of Shi Xia Lantern Colors

Shi Xia Lantern originated from Haining is good at its unique stitch, which combines poetry, calligraphy, painting, seal cutting, epigraphy and embroidery. According to experts, its craft has eight techniques: needle, bend, knot, tie, carve, draw, paste and install. Its superb technical level and immortal artistic value are the wisdom masterpieces of the ancient Han working people. Mounting is the process of making materials for Shi Xia lanterns. The traditional Shi Xia lantern colored needles are made of cotton paper, raw rice paper, cooked rice paper, colored history paper and sandwiched rice paper, achieving the effect of firmness, opacity and dyeability.