The Chinese Lantern festival represents the end of the New Year celebrations and, as you would guess, also involves a whole lot of lanterns!! I made a Lantern out of Hong Bao (the traditional red envelope for presents) paper and into the shape of a Goldfish:
I found the tutorial online with the help of YouTube. You should try it! Though, prepare yourself for a whole lot of pausing. Go HERE for the video.
Here are some other views of my Goldfish:
He's a pretty cute little guy. If you want to buy Hong Bao paper, I found mine on Amazon. There is paper for New Year and paper packets for wedding presents....turns out I used the wedding type without knowing and this got a few laughs from my Chinese friends.
Why are fish so prominent in Chinese culture, you might be wondering?
The word for fish: 鱼 yú
Sounds like these words:
- 裕 yù abundant (imagine many fish swimming)
- 腴 yú fertile; rich (fish have many offspring; a full net of fish = rich)
- 煜 yù brilliant; glorious (like shimmering scales)
- 玉 yù jade (because it’s brilliant)
- 慾 yù desire; wish (for some fish, or some jade)
- 矞 yù grand; elegant (getting further away from the original meaning, but someone wearing jade looks elegant)
- 誉 yù reputation
- 伃 yú handsome
And the word for goldfish: 金鱼jīnyú literally starts with the character for gold / money.
(Thank you to weninchina.com for the translation!)
I shared this post at the following parties:
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My fave from last weeks party was....
Crock Pot Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal by Organizer By Day.
Now on to the party!
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