The method of making the orange lantern is illustrated as follows:

First, cut the orange and hollow out the pulp inside.

Step two, draw a little tiger outside the orange.

Step 3, put the red rope through the orange and tie the knot.

Step 4, put a string of lights on the head, and the orange lantern is finished.

citrus? Blanco) is a plant of Rutaceae and Citrus. Sex likes warm and humid climate, and its cold tolerance is slightly stronger than that of pomelo, lime and sweet orange. Citrinae of Rutaceae is distributed between 16 and 37 north latitude. It is a tropical and subtropical evergreen fruit tree (except Fructus Aurantii), and there are three genera used for economic cultivation: Fructus Aurantii, Citrus and Kumquat. Citrus cultivated in China and other countries in the world is mainly citrus.

flowers are solitary or clustered with 2-3 flowers; Calyx irregularly 5-3-lobed; Petals are usually less than 1.5 cm long; Stamens 2-25, slender style, head-shaped stigma. The flowering period is April-May and the fruiting period is October-December.

Shimen, Hunan, has a long history of planting oranges. As early as 2, years ago, the patriotic poet Qu Yuan wrote a famous poem "Ode to Oranges" in his hometown. According to research, citrus originated from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in China, passed down the Yangtze River and spread to the south of Huaihe River. The lower reaches of the Yangtze River, until the Lingnan area. After long-term cultivation by the people of China. Choice, citrus has become a precious fruit of human beings. In the 15th century, the Portuguese brought China sweet orange to the Mediterranean coast for cultivation, which was called "China Apple" locally. Later, sweet oranges spread to Latin America and the United States.

in p>1821, the British came to China to collect specimens and brought kumquat to Europe. in 1892, the United States introduced ponkan from China, called "China tangerine". Oranges and oranges are collectively called "Mandarin" in English, which means "precious oranges in China". Satsuma mandarin was planted in Kagoshima and Long Island, Japan in the Tang Dynasty, and was selected by mutation.

Citrus is cultivated in five continents, with Brazil, the United States, China, Japan, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Mexico, Israel, South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Argentina, India, and Australia accounting for most of the cultivated area and output.