A small meat cleaver, a chopping board and a millstone are all the possessions for making carved paper lanterns. The most important thing to do this craft is seriousness and patience, just like embroidery takes thousands of stitches and making a lamp takes thousands of pieces. These lanterns hanging in the hall are carved paper lanterns after molding. After turning on the light, the filament will reflect staggered beams, and with the hollowing-out effect of carved paper, the lantern is transparent and colorful on all sides. Look, this semi-finished product in Li's hand is pleasing to the eye with this humble wall lamp.

In the home of the lantern maker, we appreciate another style of lantern. The main materials for making colored tie-up lanterns are bamboo and silk, and the decorative shapes on the lanterns are three-dimensional and realistic. Look at the fairy on this lamp, her nepotism is floating and her charm is graceful. Cao said that the process of making this kind of lantern is very complicated and takes a lot of time.

Painted Lantern Maker: This kind of person usually has to operate, otherwise it is impossible to do it at once. All these accessories are usually made and installed.

Colored tie-up lanterns are bright and colorful, and are often used as decorations for festivals and stage performances. Bamboo skeleton is convenient to adjust the size of lanterns to meet the needs of different occasions.

Painted Lantern Producer: The main feature is that the frame can be relatively large, and its skeleton support can be 3 meters away, as small as 30 centimeters, and some even have a dozen centimeters that can be used on the stage.

There are many kinds of lanterns in Quanzhou, each with its own characteristics, among which paper-carved silk lanterns and colored tie lanterns are only representative. If you are interested in the art of lamps, please come to Denghai to savor it in the last year.