The details of how to make a revolving lantern are as follows:

Find a piece of slightly hard cardboard, cut out a circle with a diameter of about 10 cm, and leave a circle in the center for one rod. A hole for a long bamboo stick to pass through. Divide the circle into 16 equal parts, each divided into 22.5°, and draw a line to mark it, then use a knife to cut a small opening along the line and fold it slightly outward. The hot air passes through it, and a few small corners are cut out from the edge of the circle, and a long strip of Daolin paper with hollowed out patterns of your choice is glued on it. The length is about the circumference of the circle above and the width is about 16 centimeters.

Find some light-weight small wooden strips or sticks and nail them into a square that is slightly larger than the flame cage. Nail a wide piece of wood in the middle of the lower base to make the horizontal base plate. Place the candle on top and place a small glass bottle or other slippery object in the middle. The bamboo stick of the flame cage can easily slide and rotate on top. The frame is covered with white window paper on all sides to make it transparent. A rope can be tied to the top base to lift it, and a crossbar in the middle can be hung to make holes.

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The horse lantern is a folk activity in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to drive away epidemic ghosts. Its origins can be traced back to the Zhuji Festival recorded in the Book of Songs, which is the Shishi Festival to pray for victory before leaving the army. According to legend, the Huaikan revolving lantern has a history of more than 230 years. During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, there were four local Wang brothers. The eldest brother Wang Rongtang was a man with great economic acumen and mobilized people in his hometown to plant trees and raise livestock. Therefore, every household keeps many domestic animals in captivity, such as horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, dogs, pigs, etc., which are called six domestic animals, of which horses are the first.

As a folk performing art, Huaikan revolving lantern is usually performed during festive festivals. There are no special regulations on the number of people performing the Huaikan Marquee Lantern, which depends on the performance venue. After the restoration, the number of people performing the Marquee Lantern is 17, including 1 clown, 8 lanterns, and 7 grooms. The formations of the performance include Nine Heavenly Star, Plum Blossom Formation, In cross-panel gate formation, golden hook formation, lock bar formation, etc., the actors change formations according to the rhythm of the music, and the singing tunes include Wu Geng tune, foreign accent, etc. During the performance, the actors first move to the rhythm of gongs and drums, from slow to fast.