Friday, January 23, 2009

We made heavenly lantern 天灯 that can fly at Toucheng


Although this story is almost a week late, it actually worths my report here because I did not know about this when I was in the United States. What is exactly the so-called the heavenly lantern 天灯? It is actually a kind of hot air balloon except the balloon is made of paper. With special skills, you can make a sealed paper balloon with the bottom that can be lit up. When the balloon is lit, the density difference between the cold air outside and hot air inside causes the balloon to fly.


The Chen's party made a paper balloon, with the messages: 'I love Taiwan'; "My country is Taiwan' on the balloon. The balloon flew once it was lit. It was really amazing.


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