Description

Chinese lanterns are airborne paperlanternsthat are best known as a tradition found in someAsiancultures
This photo frame represents a typical night view of LanternFestivalcelebration. Serene mountains lit by full moon reflect inriver, andflickering lanterns are both in the air and on thesurface of thewater.
The Lantern Festival is celebrated in many orientcountries,including China, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia.During thefestival, people launch paper lanterns both to the skyand to thewater.

Paper lanterns are also known by the names Chinese lanternsandparty lanterns because their designs are, basically,patternedafter the rice paper lanterns of China and theirpopularity asmodern party decoration and hanging lantern lights forweddings andspecial occasions. Another type of Asian paper lanternsare the skylanterns, or the airborne paper lanterns, which areoften releasedinto the night sky for aesthetic effect at lanternfestivals. Thereare different types of lantern like TraditionalChinese Lanterns,Japanese Capsule Lanterns, Diwali Star Lanterns ofIndia, StarPaper Lanterns of the Vietnamese children and ChristmasStarLanterns.