Sky Lantern, Kung Ming Lantern, Paper Lantern

Release a Kung Ming lantern lights shouted days, it is said that the three countries from the Zhuge Kongming invention. At that time, Zhuge Kongming siege by Sima Yi in Pingyang, and not sending troops to the city for help. Hindsight is prospective wind, will be made of paper floating lanterns, and the distress of the message was really out of danger, then later said that the lanterns for the release a Hung Ming lantern. Another argument is that the lanterns looks like Zhuge Kongming wearing the hat, so named.

Fang release a Kung Ming lantern as a modern multi-purpose blessing. Men, women and children wrote personally blessed wish symbol harvest success and happiness every year.

Release a Kung Ming lantern structure can be divided into two main parts and stenting, the main mostly bamboo grate composition, with a lampshade wadding or folk furniture, while at the bottom of the bamboo scaffold Shaocheng of the grate. Release a Hung Ming lantern can be more or less, can be rectangular round. General release a Kung Ming lantern-used bamboo drums into shape, outside the White thick to thin and surrounded by open down.

For lighting launch, at the bottom of the stent in the middle launching a stained the Cubu peanut oil or kerosene or the paper, before flying lit oil lamps in the fire after the hot air a while, they release a Kung Ming lantern expansion of a free hand after flight took off slowly throughout the carnivals, if good weather, at the bottom of the kerosene after release a Kung Ming lantern burning will be automatically dropped.