Rabbit lamp (1)

"Last year, when the Lantern Festival was held, the flower market lights were as bright as day." After the New Year, a lively Lantern Festival was ushered in. I still remember when I was young, I would pester my grandmother to make cute rabbit lanterns every Lantern Festival.

Grandma always happily prepared the materials. Whenever Grandma makes rabbit lanterns, I like to sit by and watch them. Grandma is always very clever and handy. She often skillfully makes a rabbit frame with bamboo strips, pastes it with white paper, and then pastes the rabbit's red eyes, long ears and round tail on the white paper, and draws beautiful patterns.

Then Grandma would find a board, put on thick lead wire, fix the rabbit lamp on the board, and install four wood wheels under the board. Finally, tie a rope around the rabbit's neck. Wow! A lovely rabbit lamp was displayed in front of me.

I can't wait to put candles in the rabbit lamp, hold the rabbit lamp, and run out of the door. I am happy to call my cousin who lives not far away and run together on the busy path. The small wooden wheel makes a sound of "bone and bone".

We giggled. When we are tired of playing, we will sit in the field, put the rabbit in the haystack and "feed" it to eat grass. In normal times, we dare not come to the fields where we can't see.

But because it is the Lantern Festival, every household has hung red lanterns, and there are many people on the path, many lanterns, and beautiful fireworks, so we are not afraid. "Feed" the rabbit, and we began to play with it. We chased in the fields, sang by the brook, and watched fireworks in the moonlight. We were very happy! However, with the development of the times, the excitement of the Lantern Festival has gradually faded, and now there is no previous festival atmosphere.

The rabbit lamp has also passed away, but it often rings in my memory

Rabbit lamp (2)

Years have come. When I hold the rabbit lamp and my partner looks at it admiringly, I think of the process of doing it myself.

That day, I followed in the footsteps of my partner and stepped into an ancient house. The black bricks and red tiles were very eye-catching, and the simple wooden door exuded a faint fragrance. Inside the room, a female teacher was kindly talking with a parent, waiting to teach us how to make rabbit lanterns.

Climb up the stairs, enter the room and sit down. The teacher began to explain and do: twist, bundle, stick, paste, cut, paste and pack. The teacher made just a few movements, and a beautiful rabbit lamp suddenly appeared in front of me. I could not help itching hands, full of hope and confidence in my eyes, took out scissors, glue, rice paper, five meter wire, tape and small lights with wheels, eager to try. My mother willingly became my assistant.

But the teacher's seemingly simple steps have become difficult for me. I cut a piece of steel wire, twisted it hard and bent it, but the wire seemed to be against me. It returned again and again, but bounced back again and again, making me hold the tape, and was scratched by the wire before I could go up to shape it. I lost my breath and sat dumbfounded holding the wire. The previous enthusiasm disappeared. At this time, the mother on the side grabbed the tape and said, "Let's work together. You can determine the type of wire and I will tie the tape. The two of us finished our body and finished our small and exquisite head. A rabbit model suddenly made my eyes shine.

The second step was to paste rice paper without hindrance. I thought I could finish it in a short time, so I wrote my name on the rice paper carefully and glued it on the model. But it was not fit for the rabbit's body at all. I was very dissatisfied. When I picked up the scissors, my mother could not stop it. With a sound of "wow", the soft rice paper opened a big hole, So fragile! When I stopped, I was sulky, and my hands crossed and buried, "This is your wrong way. You should be bold and careful when doing handwork. The rice paper is very thin, so you can measure it before pasting it!" My mother gently advised me. I breathed a sigh of relief, and my mood was a little clear. I thought, "The spider web was only successful for the eighth time. Try again, just once. If I can't do it, I won't do it. I carefully measured the size, cut it with a knife, and then deformed it: round, oval, square. All kinds of shapes filled my mind. After a series of efforts, I finally made a doll dress for the rabbit. And carefully cover it up. This is the right time! I looked at my mother, who smiled at the cute rabbit lamp.

At this time, it was evening, I finally put on red eyes, wheels and lights, and opened it in the yard with trepidation. Under the light, a beautiful rabbit lamp surprised the teacher, and called me a little descendant of intangible cultural heritage? In the light, I seemed to see that I was holding the light to illuminate the whole night.

Make exquisite rabbit lanterns to celebrate the New Year. The rabbit lantern is an ancient traditional handicraft in China. It rose as early as the Tang Dynasty and is regarded as an "auspicious thing". It is said that where it goes, luck and good luck will follow. Let me be the messenger of the New Year, the little successor of intangible cultural heritage, and pass on the good luck to more of you.

Rabbit lamp (3)

The activity place for making rabbit lanterns on the Lantern Festival. On February 19, when our 20 small reporter families walked into the sales center of Vanke Caozhuang, two large sand table model exhibition areas were displayed in front of us.

The scaled down buildings, cars, rivers and dazzling bright lights make people feel as if they are on the spot, so they are fascinated by the beautiful life after their stay. According to the uncle there, Vanke Caozhuang consists of nine houses, with a total of more than 500 families. It is an urban residential area built in a garden. While the staff were preparing the materials for the event, we visited the model house. The 200 square meter house was generous, simple, and fully functional, and the objects inside were even more beautiful: there were countless key boxes, built-in refrigerators, and balcony handrails to hang clothes. Suddenly, the teacher's voice broke the little reporters' admiration. oh It is the beginning of our theme activity today.

After a while, the materials for making rabbit lanterns were handed out to everyone by the teacher. Open the bag, the material has two frames, medium, short and long three sticks, as well as wheels, boards and other small parts. Although there are not many parts, they are all important. I also had a small episode because of the lack of a small wire. Without much talk, we should not delay. Under the explanation of the staff, we started to make rabbit lanterns separately. I fixed the two frames with medium and short sticks, installed wheels, and then passed a long stick through the end of the two frames. In this way, the shape of the rabbit lamp came out. Then, with my mother's help, I fixed the board with tape to form a candlestick.

Of course, the rabbit logo - two big ears can not be missing! We used two pieces of ear shaped cardboard to stick the rabbit's long ears. Hey, there seems to be something missing. By the way, it can't be a naked rabbit. It's a bit difficult to dress. You not only need to tailor your clothes, but also meticulously "put on" your clothes. At this time, a little rabbit comes out like a phantom. Then there is the decoration link, which is also the place to fully test our creativity. Little reporters all use colored paper to dress up the bunny lamp. I also put a green cake skirt on my bunny lamp. Look, this bunny girl is not so beautiful!

After finishing the rabbit lamp and the dumplings, the uncles and aunts of Vanke Grass Village also prepared rich prizes for us. Here, I would like to thank them for their efforts in this activity, as well as the teachers of Hangzhou. com, who have provided us with such a good platform!