lanterns

MID AUTUMN

Lanterns

photo albumn

Lanterns

02. how to make

01.introduction

03. uses

04.meaning

01. Introduction

• Flower garlands and coloured lanterns

• " Den Ong Su"

.Types

• Shrink paper lantern

• Star-shaped lantern

01. Introduction

. orgin

Make a guess: Xa Duong is a horseman who specializes in making unicorn heads and lanterns for festivals or clever competitions

01. Introduction

. orgin

Make a guess: -Chaozhou, Fujian, and Cantonese in China

02. how to make

The main steps

1. Make bamboo frames

- string 12 pieces of a bamboo frame onto a wire, - position them around the base and the top - hand bend the bamboo to the desired shape 2.Make fabric frames - glue and stretch the material over the frame - neatly trim the fabric.

• Note: should use silk fabric

02.HOW TO MAKE

3.Choosing the Colour of your Lantern

• Yellow – prosperity, wealth, happiness, change, royalty
• Red – luck, happiness, celebration, love
• Purple – tenderness, nostalgia, fragility, sadness
• Blue – hope, calmness, growth

02. how to make

The main steps

• Green – lust, jealousy
• Black – evil
• White – purity, the end, death

4. Attach the grip to finifh the product

03.USES

1. decoration and lighting 2. create attention and bring luck to the owner and the shop. 3. decorate the space of cafes, restaurants, hotels, resorts

03.USES

4. decorate on traditional New Year 5. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lanterns are bought by parents for their children

U S E S

03.Uses

7.also attract domestic and foreign tourists.

03.USES

6. image representing the traditional crafts in Hoi An

04. Meaning

"The symbolic meaning of the lantern is associated with the meaning of shine''

'' The lantern is a symbol of human. Offering it to a shrine also means offering oneself, placing oneself under the protection of invisible beings and guardian spirits"

Thanh Hoa

Hoi An

Hue

Places with traditional craft villages making lanterns in Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh

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