Chinese Lantern Crafts

The Chinese Lantern crafts is not complex, but it is difficult to proficient. In China, many parts of the cities have their own lanterns crafts to make lanterns. But you can easily find out there is something wrong in their lantern works. For their Chinese lanterns’ crafts are worse than Zigong lantern craft, the giant Lanterns in the Lantern Festival is produced by Zigong craftsmen in most parts of the world.

With the development of the Chinese lantern crafts, Chinese people did not only made the traditional lantern,  but also made many lantern complexes. Chinese lantern crafts changed a lot, there are five main crafts of Chinese lantern making now.

1. Iron wire modeling crafts
2. Engraving on wood crafts
3. Binding  crafts
4. Agglutination crafts
5. FRP modeling crafts

How to make the giant Chinese Lantern which is in the lantern festival? （The production process of Chinese lantern crafts, this dragon lantern use the iron wire modeling crafts)

1. Draw up a blueprint.
   

   Draw up a blueprint - Chinese Lantern Craft

2. Loft theblue print on the ground.
   

   Loft theblue print on the ground - Chinese Lantern Craft

3. According the lines which is on the groud to Modeling and welding.
   

   According the lines which is on the groud to modeling and welding. - Chinese Lantern Craft

4. Fitting up the lanterns with bulb, and simple paperhanging.
   

   Fitting up the lanterns with bulb, and simple paperhanging. - Chinese Lantern Craft

5. Decorate the entire surface of lanterns.
   

   Decorate the entire surface of lanterns. - Chinese Lantern Craft

6. Formal paperhanging.
   

   Formal paperhanging. - Chinese Lantern Craft

7. The Final ornamenting.
   

   The Final ornamenting. -Chinese Lantern Craft

8. Transportation.
   

   Transportation. - Chinese Lantern Craft

9. Installation of  lantern.
   

   Installation of lantern. - Chinese Lantern Craft

10. The Lantern is installed.
    

    The Lantern is installed. - Chinese Lantern Craft

11. Checking the lighting lanterns.
    

    Checking the lighting lanterns. - Chinese Lantern Craft

Some details in Categories about Chinese Lanterns:

• About Chinese Lantern
• How To Make Lantern

Videos about how to make Chinese Lantern

• Make a Chinese fancy lantern for Lantern Festival
• How to make a Traditional Lantern Video