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How to make National Day red lanterns by hand

Methods and tips for making National Day red lanterns are as follows:

1. Prepare materials and tools, including long strips of red cardboard, glue, scissors, red silk thread and so on. Cut the red cardboard into long strips of equal length and then cross-paste them together to create the shape of a lantern. Paste the top half of the lantern together and tie the bottom with red silk thread.

2. Paste red silk thread on the top half of the lantern as the spike of the lantern. Finally, tie a Chinese knot with red silk thread at the bottom of the lantern as the hanging of the lantern. Prepare materials and tools, including long strips of red cardboard, glue, scissors, red silk thread and so on. Cut long strips of red cardboard into equal lengths and cross-paste them together to create the shape of a lantern.

3. Paste the top half of the lantern together and tie the bottom with red silk thread. Paste red silk thread on the top half of the lantern as the spike of the lantern. Finally, tie a Chinese knot with red silk thread at the bottom of the lantern as the hanging of the lantern.

4. In order to increase the decorative effect of the lantern, you can add some golden decorative lines between the top half and the bottom half of the lantern. You can use a golden pen or thin ribbon to draw or paste the shape of the lines on the lantern.

5. On the top half of the lantern, you can cut some small squares and use a gold pen or thin ribbon to paste them on the lantern to create a gold-like decorative effect. You can add some red thin ribbons as the bottom decoration of the lantern. Cut the thin ribbons into appropriate lengths and paste them around the bottom of the lantern.

The significance of the National Day is as follows:

1. The National Day of the Chinese People*** and the State is a symbol of the country, which came into being with the founding of the new China and became especially important. It became a symbol of an independent state, reflecting China's national and political system. National Day is a new, universal form of festival that carries the function of reflecting China's national cohesion.

2. At the same time, the large-scale celebrations on the National Day are a concrete manifestation of the government's mobilization and appeal. It has the three basic features of showing national strength, enhancing national confidence, reflecting cohesion, and exerting calling power.