Mid-Autumn Lantern Making Video Tutorial

The tutorial for making Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns is as follows:

1. Paper lanterns with peony patterns

First, we need some solid color paper lanterns, then we can color and decorate the lanterns according to our own preferences, then paste the cut peony paper-cut patterns on the lanterns, and finally decorate the tail of the lanterns with ribbons and lace belts. Now we can hang this paper lantern high!

2. Paper art colored ball lantern

First, prepare 2 pieces of paper about the size of a dollar coin, then fold them according to the edge of an equilateral triangle. Then, with five pieces of paper at each vertex, glue them firmly on both sides and thread the string through the vertex.

3. Exquisite lanterns

Calligraphy, painting and paper cutting can all be used on this paper lantern. After pasting, you can also use narrow strips of imitation silk paper to edge up and down, which looks more elegant. If you are not good at painting and calligraphy, there is a simple method for reference.

use a piece of thin paper to trace the words on the copybook, then overlap the thin paper with the crimson rice paper, and dig out the words with a single-edged blade. Take off the tissue paper, and hollow handwriting will appear on the red rice paper. White rice paper is used as the lamp body, red rice paper is pasted in it, and candlelight or light is mapped out from the hollowed-out place.

Expand knowledge:

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Moonlight Birthday, Moonlight Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Festival, Moon Festival, Reunion Festival, etc., is a traditional folk festival in China, and it is also a traditional festival popular among many ethnic groups in China and some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially local Chinese and overseas Chinese.

It originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, shaped in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, prevailed after the Song Dynasty, and was called the four traditional festivals in China together with the Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Dragon Boat Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the moon in autumn and evening in ancient times.

According to the Zhou Rites, there have been activities in the Zhou Dynasty, such as "Mid-Autumn Night to Welcome the Cold" and "Autumn Equinox and Evening Moon (Yue Bai)". In the middle of August of the lunar calendar, it is also the harvest of autumn grain. People hold a series of ceremonies and celebrations to thank the gods for their protection, which is called "Autumn Newspaper".

In the Mid-Autumn Festival, the temperature is cool but not cold, the sky is crisp and the moon is bright, which is the best season to watch the moon. Therefore, the composition of the festival was gradually replaced by the appreciation of the moon, and the color of the sacrifice gradually faded, but this festival continued and was given new meaning.