Chinese Lanterns?
[2008-03-25 14:17:55]

Q: for all the shinese out there, what is the inportance of the chinese lanterns on the lantern festival! need an answer quick. tongihts hw!

A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Fes tival
has an explanation of the lantern festival

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How do chinese paper lanterns work?
[2008-08-26 09:37:04]
Catherine's bedroom lanterns

My friend is giving my future husband and I chinese lanterns. She's sending them to El Salvador, where we're planning to have the wedding. My concern is that I don't know what type of lightning I should use. Light Bulbs, fake battery operated candles


there are different kinds, some u can use bolbs, and some u can use fake candles...

Sri Lankan lantern makers feel the pinch from Chinese rivals
Chinese lanterns have slipped into Sri Lanka’s Vesak market threatening to dislodge the traditional paper lanterns.

Colourful Tradition

Colourful hexagon lanterns in many homes and places of businesses in Sri Lanka during the Vesak season that falls in May. Vesak, the most important day in the Buddhist calendar, marks the birth, death and enlightenment of Lord Buddha.

Strips of bamboo form the frame of a basic lantern, which is then covered with sheets of colourful thin paper. Lanterns come in all shapes and sizes.

The intricate ones, are designed to have between six to

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How do you make Chinese lanterns with red envelopes?
[2008-02-08 17:48:43]
A good feeling

I saw chinese lanterns made with a couple of red envelopes, i was wondering how to make them.


I googled and I hope this helps!

They're called Hong Bao (Red Envelope or Red Packet) Lanterns.

The Do-It-Yourself Guide is on the left.
http://handicraft.guide.googlepages.com/

Also, there is a YouTube

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How do you light chinese lanterns?
[2008-07-11 09:28:27]
Chinese lanterns

I'm getting married and would like to have TONS of chinese lanterns decorate my reception. I'd like to have some of them with lights, but I don't know how to achieve lighting in a lantern without having some gawdy chord showing. I thought about putting


I hope you don't mind smaller Chinese lanterns. They sell them at many stores like Wal-Mart and they work just like Christmas lights. Click on the link and take a look. They look very adorable hanging in shadowed areas such as underneath a gazebo. By

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Sri Lankan lantern makers feel the pinch from Chinese rivals
Sri Lankan lantern makers feel the pinch from Chinese rivals Chinese lanterns have slipped into Sri Lanka's Vesak market threatening to dislodge the traditional paper lanterns. Colourful hexagon lanterns in many homes and places of businesses in Sri Lanka during the Vesak season that falls in May.

The Dragon Room at Wong's Golden Palace
Established in 1966, the electric hallucination sees paper Tsingtao serpents flying among Chinese lanterns and Budweiser Select signs. Cocktails come out strong and occasionally on fire. The happy hour is a miracle. Wong's crown virtue, however,

Ask Holly: An Asian Birthday Party
Ask Holly: An Asian Birthday Party Decorations: We picked the theme early enough so I could buy the paper goods from the Chinese New Year section of the party store. We settled on the colors of red and gold. I also bought some paper dragon favors and paper lanterns.

St. Lou Is the Gateway to China This Getaway Season
No problem. St. Louis is offering a closer-to-home Chinese cultural experience this year. The Gateway City will be aglow from May 26 through August 19 as the Missouri Botanical Garden presents “Lantern Festival: Art by Day, Magic by Night.

Hundreds hold candlelit vigil outside home where children died in blaze
The dark night sky above them was illuminated by Chinese lanterns lit in memory of the Philpott children who perished in a fire at their home. In front of the house, which was still taped off with a police cordon, a crowd of well-wishers lit candles

Midnight walk to remember stillborn baby Cameron
Midnight walk to remember stillborn baby Cameron They will arrive at midnight bearing Chinese lanterns and money raised will go to the charity Tommy's, which funds research into stillbirths and miscarriages. Laura said: "I wanted to keep busy. There is no point in moping about.