SKY LANTERN

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SKY LANTERN
Dong-men Elementary School, Taiwan Teacher
Han-Chun Liu Fifth Grade
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• Sky lantern, which is also called Kong-Ming
  lantern, was invented by Zhu Ge, Kong-Ming
  (ancient Chinese celebrity).

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• The principle of sky lantern is based on hot air
  goes upward, and then makes a sky lantern rise.
  It is also believed that sky lantern is the
  origin of hot air balloons.

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• It is alleged that sky lantern was originally
  designed for the transmission of military
  situation. The army led by Si Ma,Yi was deceived
  into wrong astrological information by sky
  lanterns.
• Afterwards, sky lantern has become a medium for
  people make a wish.

My sister and I wrote our wishes on the sky
lantern.
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Sky lantern step
1.take it
2.Use the fire
3.And slowly let go
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Sky lantern appearance

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A round sky lantern,has a lot of paper
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In sky lantern has a fire
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Use of the Kongming Lantern

First deployed as a type of signaling balloon or,
it is claimed, as a type of spy blimp in warfare.
Later non-military applications were employed as
they became popular with children at carnivals.
These lanterns were subsequently incorporated
into festivals like the Chinese Mid-Autumn and
Lantern Festivals.
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