How to make a five-pointed lantern:

Cut the chopped bamboo strips into the same length for later use. Using the processed bamboo strips, put two pentagrams with the same size on the table. Use hot melt adhesive to glue the two five-pointed star bamboo rafts that have been arranged in the previous tutorial. After gluing the two five-pointed stars respectively, continue to glue the five vertices of the two five-pointed stars with hot melt adhesive.

It's not particularly strong to bond with glue. We have to continue to connect the vertices of the five-pointed star with iron wires and bind them with iron wires. Cut the disposable chopsticks into 4cm wide, * * * needs five. Use hot melt adhesive to stick the chopped chopsticks at the node position propped up between two five-pointed stars. The basic framework of diy five-pointed star lantern was initially completed.

Next, we need to prepare a small platform for placing candles, use the remaining bamboo strips to make a pair of beams supported by hot melt adhesive in the middle of the border of the five-pointed star lantern, and put the candles in an aluminum foil dish and fix them in the middle of the lantern. If you want to hang the lantern, continue to make a wire hook at the vertex of the five-pointed star at the top of the lantern as shown in the figure.

paste rice paper on the surface. There is an entrance on the side of the lantern, which is used to light candles and breathe.

Origin of lanterns:

The origin of lanterns was recorded in the Tang Dynasty as early as the eighth century BC. There were lanterns in China after Qin and Han Dynasties, and paper lanterns may be after the invention of paper in the Western Han Dynasty.

The custom of watching lanterns on Lantern Festival originated in the early years of the Han Dynasty, but it is also said that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty lit lanterns in Shangyang Palace on the Lantern Festival to celebrate the peace of the country and the people, and then tied lanterns. With the flickering lights, it symbolizes that "colorful dragons are auspicious, the people are rich and the country is strong", and the custom of lanterns is still widely popular today.