Steps of making complete works of handmade lanterns for primary school students

The steps of making a complete picture of handmade lanterns for primary school students are as follows:

Preparation materials: paper, glue, knife

1. First, prepare a piece of red cardboard and fold it in half.

2. Cut along the crease with a knife, as shown in the figure below.

3. Then prepare a piece of yellow paper and roll it into a cylinder, as shown in the figure below.

4. Finally, paste red paper along the cylinder to make lanterns.

The origin of lanterns

There are many theories about the origin of playing lanterns. A widely circulated saying is that the custom of playing with lanterns on the Lantern Festival began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Eastern Han Dynasty advocated Buddhism. He heard that Buddhist monks observed Buddhist relics and lit lanterns to worship Buddha on the fifteenth day of the first month, so all gentlemen and ordinary people hung lanterns that night.

Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the court to the people and from the Central Plains to the whole country. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, in order to celebrate the prosperity of the country and the safety of the people, people tied lanterns to symbolize "colorful dragons are auspicious, people are prosperous and the country is strong" through flashing lights, and the custom of lanterns has been widely popular since then.