Required preparations: patterned cardboard, pearls, plastic buckles, rope, glue sticks and scissors!
1. Making a page-turning lantern. Take out the cardboard and cut out a circle.
2. Fold in half.
3. Paste the two sides together.
4. You can make half of it separately, put the rope in the middle and then glue the two halves together.
5. Get a beautiful paper lantern with a page-turning style.
The origin of the lantern hanging under the lantern: "Oil-paper lanterns are a traditional handicraft that originated during the Warring States Period and were later introduced to the Chaoshan area through the Central Plains. In the early Qing Dynasty, the former Meicun Xiadiyuanshe Chen Huizhou, the ancestor of the Chen family, inherited this craft and passed it down from generation to generation. It has a history of more than 400 years.
Chen Yuedong, the fifth generation descendant of Huangyuan oil-paper lanterns, said, "Oil-paper lanterns are traditional Chinese hand-woven products. One of the lantern sects, every household was weaving in its heyday. Nowadays, only a few households stick to it, and less than 10 people know this craft.
The red lanterns are hung high to convey good intentions such as happiness, good luck, longevity and blessings. Our traditional saying is to write a lantern, not to buy a lantern, but to write a pair of big words. "Written on a pair of big cloths, it can be seen that writing skills are very important," Chen Yuedong said. "Dahe and big cloth are both models of lanterns. If they are hung at the door of the home or in front of the ancestral hall, the surname and clan title must be written." If it is hung in front of a temple or palace, write on it according to different offerings: Our Lady of Heaven, Good Weather, Xuantian God, Receive Blessings and Welcome Good Luck, etc."