Lantern making
There were many ways and processes to make colored lanterns. Using Zhixi Lantern as an example, he had to prepare bamboo strips, Xuan paper, cotton paper, papyrus paper, and other materials. The production process included: first, splitting bamboo strips, selecting four-year-old Yangshan bamboo according to different types, wiping with No. 0 gauze, and soaking the bamboo strips in water for a few hours after being placed for a long time; Then, making the lantern skeleton according to the pre-designed pattern and size; Then, it was carved on the flower board. Different patterns of the lantern were carved in different ways, such as carving the flower basket lamp pattern with the word "longevity". When carving, the paper was folded and small holes were made to prevent it from being out of shape before carving. Zigong Runchen Lantern Art Co., Ltd. had seven steps to make lanterns: first, the renderings, then the construction drawings, followed by lofting, welding, arranging the lights, color separation and papering, and finally, the decoration. If it was a modern technology like LED light carving, the production method only needed renderings, lofting, and finally tying the light belt to the steel frame. There was also a general method of making the lanterns: one was to prepare the metal materials. If the steel bars and thin iron wires used to make the lanterns were bent, they needed to be straightened by a drawing machine and then cut into suitable lengths of wire. The second was to make the skeleton. When the metal was used as the material, the skeleton needed to be made with the help of machinery. The iron wires were bent into various shapes and components and then the skeleton was made by welding. The third was to paste the satin on the surface of the skeleton. First, measure the size of the skeleton and cut the satin. The satin needed to be ironed flat. Then, use a strong glue to paste the fabric on the skeleton. The order was from the inside to the outside of the skeleton.
Lantern Making Technique
There were many kinds of lantern making techniques, and the common ones included the following: - [Material preparation: The materials vary according to the type of lantern. The common ones include bamboo strips, rice paper, cotton paper, grass paper, spider yarn, rice beads, colorful puppet heads, glass cups, colorful small balls, fire conches, copper (steel) silk, lantern bamboo, paste, buttons, coin paper, painting paper, crepe paper, colored paper, etc.] There were also modern materials used to make steel-framed lanterns. For example, Lu Junhua changed the pure hand-made and bamboo strips to different types of modern materials and matched them with silk to make lanterns. - ** Skeleton Creation ** - ** Bamboo strip processing **: The selection of bamboo strips is particular. If you choose four-year-old Yangshan bamboo, split it according to the types of half, one, two, three, five, etc., and then wipe off the edge with No. 0 gauze. After a long time, it needs to be soaked in water for a few hours. When making the skeleton, Peng Xianquan made the main frame of the lantern with more than 60 fixing points. It was necessary to ensure that the frame was square. When tying the lamp neck, bamboo strips should be folded into an arc; When Liu Dongming made the lantern skeleton, he should slowly bend the polished bamboo strips into a circle, and then sew the bamboo circle with sandpaper and paste. The bamboo used to build the lamp frame was generally bamboo that had grown for about two years, and the cutting size should be precise. - [Special Skeleton Crafting]: When making special lanterns such as dragon lanterns, you need to use metal wire, paper, and other materials to make dragon bones and scales. You also need special tools to cut and bend them for assembly. - ** Decorations ** - [Paper Carving Craftsmanship: Through folding, cutting, and sticking paper, the shape and pattern of the lantern can be created.] For example, in the process of carving the flower board in the production of Zhixi lanterns, the paper was stacked together, and the four corners of the holes were strung together with paper ropes to prevent them from going out of shape. Then, chisels of different shapes were used to carve according to the pattern. Different lamps had different patterns and carving methods. The colored paper pasted on the lamp wick could be carved hollowed-out. For example, the lamp wick made by Peng Xianquan had golden "Kirin Blessing", purple "Flowers Blooming Wealth", red "Flying Dragon in the Sky" and other carved colored papers. - Wood Carving Craftsmanship: Carving with wood, using tools such as planers, planers, and files to carve and trim the wood, and carefully carving various parts and patterns of the lantern, making the lantern full of three-dimensional and artistic. It is often used to make the frame or decorative parts of the lantern. - ** Silk Embroidery Craftsmanship **: Using embroidery techniques, using embroidery needles, embroidery thread, embroidery frames and other tools, the thread is embedded into the silk surface to embroider colorful lantern patterns. - Metal Casting Technique: It is commonly used to make the metal parts of lanterns, such as copper lamp bones and various decorations. It requires casting molds, furnaces, casting tools, etc., and the molten metal is poured into the mold to make the parts. - ** Paper Cutting Craftsmanship **: Using scissors, paper cutting knives, and other tools to cut and carve paper, creating fine lantern patterns and light transmission effects. - ** Other processes ** - ** Pasting process **: For example, Liu Dongming pasted colored paper on the frame of the lantern to form the lantern. - ** Finishing process **: When Peng Xianquan made the lantern, the lantern neck was pasted with dragon and phoenix paper, the lamp cover was pasted with decal paper, and the lamp skirt was pasted with auspicious paper. The lantern was made of red, yellow, purple, and green wrinkled paper and hung on the corner of the lantern. - ** Making a lantern **: The finishing touch of Peng Xianquan's lantern was the lantern in the wick. Two iron wires were used to fix the electric lamp in the middle of the wick. Then, a self-made paper lampshade (a cylinder with a button on the top) was used to cover the lamp. After the lamp was energized, the lantern would spin non-stop. - There was also the production of feather lanterns: first, the small lanterns were stacked into the shape of stamens, wrapped up and fixed in the plastic bottle mouth. The outer layer was longer than the inner layer, and then the feathers were glued layer by layer according to the order of the feathers from small to big. The length of the feathers and the shape of the stamens could be adjusted at any time. Finally, beads and tassels were added. - [New Craftsmanship: Lu Junhua used modern methods to carry out computer design and program processing. He created and improved the traditional craftsmanship of lanterns and made modern lanterns.]
Lantern making tutorial
The following are the methods of making lanterns: ** 1. Use paper cups to make lanterns ** 1. Materials: Two paper cups, scissors, candles, matches, soft iron wire or copper wire. 2. Production steps: - Step 1: Cut a window in the bottom of one of the paper cups with scissors and put the candle in. - Step 2: Cut a few right-angled triangular openings on the other paper cup with scissors at equal distances. You can also draw patterns or add some favorite decorations on the paper cup. - The third step: bend one end of the soft iron wire into a ring, and the other end is vertical up to make a support. Then, place it in the first paper cup and fix it well (it can be used to help fix it by sticking to the outer edge of the paper cup). - Step 4: Carefully place the second paper cup on top of the wire and maintain balance. Light the candle and the lantern will start to spin. ** 2. Use the red packet to make a lantern (Method 1)** 1. [Material preparation: Some unwanted red packets.] 2. Production steps: - First, he cut off the top seal of the red packet with a pair of scissors. Then, he used a utility knife to split the three edges of the red packet into two pieces. - He took the back of the red packet and cut off about one centimeter of the edge with a pair of scissors. - He took out the lettered side of the red packet, prepared a pen and ruler, and drew a one-centimeter-wide line on the left and right sides of the red packet. The inside was divided into equal parts of 0.5 millimeters. - After preparing the red envelope according to the above method, he used a hand knife to cut it according to the thin lines that had been divided. After all of them were cut open, he prepared a suitable amount of double-sided tape and stuck the double-sided tape on the left and right sides of the red packet. - He stuck the bottom side of the red packet with the letters to the bottom of the red packet, so that the two sides of the red packet were mixed into one side. - After the red packet was pasted, he cut off a part of the left side and then stuck double-sided tape on the bottom. After that, the bottom of the red lantern was completed. - After preparing the bottom of the lantern, he took a piece of scrap that he had cut out earlier, folded it together, and glued it to the top of the red lantern. A complete red lantern was completed. ** 3. Use the red packet to make a lantern (Method 2)** 1. [Material preparation: 7 red packets.] 2. Production steps: - First, he folded the red packet horizontally and then vertically, dividing it into four. - He folded the four corners of the red packet in half (using the middle line as the fixed point to fold). He prepared seven red packets and folded six red packets as backup. - After folding the red packet, he stuck double-sided tape on the back of the corner, sticking the corners of the red packet together to make the base of the lantern. - Prepare a single-sided red packet skin, leave one centimeter of the edge untrimmed, and divide the inside into 0.3 mm long strips (be careful not to cut). - He stuck double-sided tape on the top of the red packet, prepared a red string, and rolled it up from left to right into a tassel shape. - Finally, he made some small holes at the bottom of the lantern and hung the tassel at the bottom of the lantern. The lantern was ready. ** 4. Making lanterns with old beverage bottles and balloons (balloon lanterns)** 1. [Materials: Waste beverage bottles, red balloons, hanging tassels or red ropes, scissors, glue.] 2. Production steps: - He found an empty beverage bottle and cut it into vertical strips with scissors. - He opened the bottle cap, put in a red balloon, blew it up, and tied it with a red string. - He made a hole in the bottle cap and put the red string into it, then closed the bottle cap tightly. - Sticking the red tassel to the bottom of the drink bottle, the lantern was completed. ** 5. Professional lantern production process (factory production)** 1. Material preparation: choose high-quality iron wire as the framework of the lantern, add a steel frame structure to ensure firmness and stability; choose soft silk cloth with good luster as the fabric of the lantern; choose LED lights with high brightness and long life as the light source. 2. Production steps: - Design concept: According to the customer's requirements and the scene, consider the shape, size, color and other factors of the lantern, as well as the coordination and beauty of the surrounding environment. The design concept may be modified and adjusted according to the customer's needs. - Making the skeleton: According to the design concept, the iron wires were dented into a suitable shape and size, and they were connected together with electric welding to form the skeleton of the lantern. At the same time, pay attention to the stability and balance of the skeleton. - [Light source installation: install the LED light inside the lantern and connect the power cord and switch.]
Handmade lantern making tutorial
The following are some handmade lantern making tutorial: ** 1. Use two pieces of A4 paper to make lanterns ** 1. He aligned the two pieces of A4 paper with the edges aligned. 2. He stuck one end of the paper together with the transparent tape, then stuck the bottom of the two pieces of paper together along the bottom edge. 3. Using the same method, he glued the other end of the paper to the side, forming a closed rectangular shape. 4. The four corners of the lantern were folded inwards to form an arc at the top, completing the shape of the lantern. ** Two, similar to how Dad made lanterns (using a variety of materials)** 1. He cut out a piece of transparent tape and painted it red. Then, he placed it in four squares with toothpicks and pasted the mooncake star decoration on it. 2. Then, he stuck a layer of transparent glue on top of it, folded it around the edges, and stuck it on top and bottom in the same way. 3. Punch holes up and down, cut the rectangular paper into 0.5 cm thin strips, stick a red string and roll it up, then stick a yellow paper decoration, and pass through the holes. 4. He folded the edges and stuck them together. He passed the hemp rope through the top and tied the tassels to the hemp rope. He placed them into the lamp and the ancient lantern was ready. ** 3. Making lanterns with mineral water bottles (example 1)** 1. Every 1.5 centimeters, he cut the plastic bottle into strips. 2. Thread a tassel at the bottom of the bottle, put a red balloon at the mouth of the bottle and blow it up. 3. He closed the bottle cap and tied a rope to the small wooden stick. ** 4. Making lanterns with mineral water bottles (example 2)** 1. He cut off a section of the mineral water bottle and pasted it on the yellow colored paper. 2. He made a small rabbit out of white paper, pasted it on the round moon, drew its facial features, and pasted it with small hands and clouds. 3. He punched a hole in the water bottle, passed it through a string on a mooncake box, and put in a small lamp. ** 5. Making lanterns with cardboard ** 1. Cut out 12 ladders of the same size (for the lantern body) and 2 hexagons (for the bottom and top). - Hexagon production steps: - Draw a straight line on the cardboard and determine the center point. - He used a protractor to find the 60-degree and 120-degree points and connected them to form a hexagonal prototype. - The length of the hexagon was taken as the size of the short side of the hexagon. 2. He hollowed out the middle of the 12 echelons and 2 hexagons (one of the hexagons should be used as the base to leave a place for candles). 3. Cover the hollowed out part of the lantern with cellophane (can be omitted). 4. He stuck the two long sides of the ladder together, and the short side of the ladder was stuck together with the hexagonal side. 5. The hexagon that made the roof was tied to the thread and glued to the echelon. ** 6. Create a lantern with Photoshop (PS software)** 1. He used the [Oval Tool] to draw an oval shape as the outline of the lantern. 2. Press [Control + J] to copy an oval shape, turn off the fill color, and choose yellow for the stroke. 3. Clone the yellow oval and press [Control + T] to shrink it. 4. Duplicated the yellow oval multiple times and shrunk it freely. 5. Using the [Rectangle Tool], he drew an orange and yellow rectangular shape and placed it above the lantern. 6. He copied a rectangular shape and placed it under the lantern. 7. He added the hanging rope and the tassel at the bottom of the lantern to complete the simple lantern production. ** 7. Make a simple lotus lantern (can be used as a lantern for the Mid-Autumn Festival)** 1. After folding the pink square paper several times, draw the arc of the petals on it, cut off the excess parts, and paste the glue on the short crease after opening it. 2. He took a paper cup, cut off the bottom, tied it with a string, and placed it in the middle of the petals. He folded the petals and stuck them to the cup. 3. He used green paper to make lotus leaves. After folding and opening them many times, he put them away along the traces. After folding and sticking them together, he made two lotus leaves and stuck them together. Then, he applied glue to the lotus leaves.
Colored paper lantern making process
The following is the production process of several kinds of colored paper lanterns: 1. ** Using colored paper, glue, and other methods to make lanterns: Brush the colored paper with glue, put it in the light bulb, stick the tape, and spray the glue. 2. ** Making a Jade Rabbit Lantern (requires disposable paper plates and other materials)**: - Prepare disposable paper plates, white paper, ribbons, plush balls, pink and green colored paper, scissors, and other materials. - Fold the paper plate into the body of the jade rabbit; cut out long ears with white paper and pink colored paper, and stick a small fluffy ball as a small tail on the body of the jade rabbit; cut out a few stalks of grass with green colored paper and put them on the folded part of the paper plate; add a handle. He could also stick the two paper plates together, stick the jade rabbit's facial features on the front with a plush ball, cut a hole on the back, put the small candy in the middle of the paper plate, and then use the ribbon as the handle. 3. ** Using a watercolor pen to create a lantern on colored paper **: - Take a piece of colored cardboard, lay it horizontally, and draw two straight lines on the top and bottom of the cardboard with a ruler. Then draw a vertical line between the two straight lines and cut it with a knife (note that the interval between each vertical line must be the same). - Or use a watercolor pen to paint on the smooth surface, spray some water on it and cover it with a piece of white paper (if you choose a cool color). You can also make two warm colors. Tear the paper towel a little smaller, add white gel water 1:1, blow a small balloon, apply the first layer of paper towel with water, and then apply three to four layers of paper towel with white gel water and let it dry for 24 hours. After cutting the dried paper, fold it in half to cut out the shape of petals or fold it in half to draw butterfly wings. After drying, prick the balloon and take it out. Put it into the lamp string, stick a small wooden stick, stick the flower with hot melt glue, and then install a lamp string to fix it twice. Cut a small hole in the butterfly and fix it on the lamp with hot melt glue. Then, it can be made into a lantern. 4. ** Making hydrangea lanterns **: - He chose light colored paper and folded it into the shape of petals. Then, he used colored threads to skillfully connect the petals to form flowers. Then, he connected these flowers together to form a shape similar to a hydrangea.
Lantern Lantern Production Company
The following were some lantern manufacturing companies: Zigong Liaoyuan Lantern Production Co., Ltd., which could plan, design, develop and produce lanterns, mechanical imitation dinosaurs, and lighting products; Shuozhou Qilong Lantern Company; Baisheng Traditional Lantern Art Company, which was a professional lantern art, city lighting, imitation dinosaurs, and float design and production company; and Mingqi Zigong Lantern Factory.
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Olive lantern, Chinese lantern
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The poem describing the lantern of the Lantern Festival
There were many poems describing lanterns during the Lantern Festival. Red lanterns hang in the night sky, thousands of colorful lights shine on Chang 'an. The night market was crowded with people, and the fragrance filled the air as they tasted Yuanxiao. The moon is round and round, hanging on the branches, and the shadows of flowers reflect her smile. The colorful lights shone brightly, illuminating the happiness of the glutinous rice balls. Red lanterns hung high in the night sky, and the colorful lights reflected the red makeup. Talking about family reunion, Tangyuan, Yuan Yuan, full of happiness. The lanterns are red like flames, and the shadows of flowers are like dreams. The stars in the night sky were dim, and only colorful lights shone on the sky. The bright moon hung high in the night sky, and thousands of colored lights shone on the street. The night market was bustling with people tasting delicious food to celebrate the reunion. The lanterns hung high in the night sky, and the shadows of the flowers reflected their smiles. People came to the night market to taste the delicious food and celebrate the reunion. The July moon is round, hanging on the branches, and the shadows of flowers reflect her smile. Colorful lights lit up the night market, and the crowds gathered for a reunion. The red lanterns hang in the night sky, and the shadows of the flowers are like dreams. The night market was crowded with people to taste the delicious food and celebrate the reunion. The bright moon hung high in the night sky, and thousands of colored lights shone on the street. The night market was bustling with people tasting delicious food to celebrate the reunion. The lanterns were red like flames, and the shadows of the flowers were like dreams. The stars in the night sky were dim, and only colorful lights shone on the sky.
Lantern Lantern Festival Production Company
Zigong had many companies that produced colorful lanterns, lanterns, and lanterns. For example, Zigong Liaoyuan Colorful Lantern Production Co., Ltd. was mainly engaged in the planning, design, development, and production of colorful lanterns, mechanical imitation dinosaurs, and lighting products. Zigong Tianyi Colorful Lantern Production Exhibition Co., Ltd. was engaged in the design, development, production, and exhibition of colorful lanterns, float cars, colored boats, sculptures, and landscapes. Zigong Haitian Culture Co., Ltd. was able to design and produce all kinds of colored lanterns. For example, they designed and produced large-scale colored lanterns with the theme of the year of the dragon and animal shapes at the China Dragon Lantern Festival in the "Happy Chinese New Year" in Budapesti. There was also Zigong Jiahua Culture Communication Co., Ltd., which had been reported by Zigong Rong Media. It had also made many achievements in the production of colored lanterns. Its general manager was named the top ten colored lantern craftsmen in Zigong City. The company was awarded the "Excellent Exhibition Enterprise" award in the 29th Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival. The lamp group that led the production also won relevant awards. In addition, the high-end custom-made source manufacturers of the Prosperous Lantern Festival also took on the production business related to the Lantern Festival all over the country.
Spring Festival Lantern Show Lantern Factory
According to the reference materials, the manufacturing factory of the large-scale outdoor Spring Festival Lantern Exhibition in the Year of the Rabbit in 2023 was Huayicai Lantern Company in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, while the production of the Spring Festival Lantern in 2024 was made by the craftsmen from Zigong, Sichuan Province.