How to make handmade lantern with 8 red envelopes

8 red packets to make handmade lantern steps are as follows:

Tools/materials: 8 red packets, stapler

1, fold the red packets in half.

2, the four corners of the red envelope to the center line folded, the 8 do the same treatment.

3. Pin up the opposite corners of every two red envelopes.

4, put four first nail a piece.

5, pin one red packet across the bottom of every two adjacent red packets, folded corner to corner.

6. Pin all four remaining red packets to the previous piece.

7. Make the seal.

8, tie a tassel with a red cord, through the hole in the center to the bottom, hang the tassel and fix the top red cord head.

9, the festive lantern is ready.

Origin of lanterns

Lanterns are also collectively known as lantern color, is an ancient traditional Han crafts. This is today's interesting history editorial will bring you the article, I hope it can help you.

The Spring Festival is a traditional festival of the Chinese nation, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar has been designated as the "Spring Festival" since 1914. Before that, the Spring Festival is called New Year, New Year, New Year's Day, New Year's Day, New Year's Day, and so on, and the people call it New Year's Day, New Year's Day. The Spring Festival is the grandest traditional festival of the Chinese nation.

On New Year's Day, the doors of every house are covered with big red couplets, big red lucky charms, and big red lanterns are hung at home. Everywhere is red, everywhere is full of joy. There are many instructions for hanging lanterns, writing and pasting couplets in our country.

Lanterns originated in the Qin Dynasty, when they were mainly used for lighting. The custom of hanging lanterns on New Year's Day and watching lanterns on Lantern Festival originated in the Western Han Dynasty.

Lanterns have become a symbol of celebration for Chinese people. Types of lanterns include: palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, hanging lanterns and so on. From the shape of points, there are figures, landscapes, birds and flowers, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc., in addition to the horse lanterns for people to enjoy. Lanterns painted with auspicious patterns and blessings of auspicious words, lanterns red is the color of vermilion, and vermilion is the feng shui said to go to the evil blocking brake potent treasure, so since ancient times on New Year's Eve, there is a red lantern hanging on the door of the tradition.