1. Take a piece of colored paper and fold it diagonally.

2. Fold your hands inward according to the crease, as shown below. We fold the top of an angled triangle in half.

3. Other corners are folded in half in the same direction to form a square, and the newly folded side is folded inward.

4. Clockwise, the other corners are folded inward in turn. After folding, as shown in the figure, open the corner and fold inward, and a little wing will come out.

5. Do the same for the other three sides, and all four little wings will come out.

6. Blow a big breath into the hole in the middle with your mouth, and the stomach of the wind gourd will bulge.

Every Dragon Boat Festival, every household in Chinese mainland begins to hang colorful paper gourds again, praying for happiness and safety for themselves and their families in a year and staying away from diseases.

Cut the colored paper into colored paper gourds and hang them at the door for emergency. After hanging the gourd, the epidemic was really quickly controlled and the patients gradually recovered. In order to commemorate this event and pray for the happiness and well-being of the family, everyone starts to hang paper gourds at home every year, and this custom gradually spreads.