Kongming lanterns
A sky lantern, also known as Kongming lanternor Chinese lantern, is a small hot air balloon made of paper, with an opening at the bottom where a small fire is suspended.
In Asia and elsewhere around the world, sky lanterns have been traditionally made for centuries, to be launched for play or as part of long-established festivities.
Three Kingdoms Period Clothes
• A complete Hanfu garment is assembled from several pieces of clothi ng into an attire:
• Yi ( 衣): Any open cross-collar garment, and worn by both sexes
• Pao ( 袍): Any closed full-body garment, worn only by men in Hanfu
• Ru ( 襦): Open cross-collar shirt
• Shan ( 衫): Open cross-collar shirt or jacket that is worn over the yi
• Qun ( 裙) or chang ( 裳): Skirt for women and men
• Ku ( 褲): Trousers or pants
Informal wear
• Types include tops (yi) and bottoms (divided further into pants and skirts for both genders, with terminologies chang or qun), and one-piece robe s that wrap around the body once or several times (shenyi).
• Zhongyi ( 中 中 ) or zhongdan ( 中 中 ): inner garments, mostly white cotto n or silk
• Shanqun ( 中 中 ): a short coat with a long skirt
• Ruqun ( 中 中 ): a top garment with a separate lower garment or skirt
• Kuzhe ( 中 中 ): a short coat with trousers
• Zhiduo/zhishen ( 中 中 / 中 中 ): a Ming Dynasty style robe, similar to a zhi ju shenyi but with vents at the side and 'stitched sleeves' (i.e. the sleeve cuff is closed save a small opening for the hand to go through)
Semi-formal wear
• A piece of Hanfu can be "made semi-formal" by the addition of the following appropriate items:
• Chang ( 中 ): a pleated skirt
• Bixi ( 中 中 ): long front cloth panel attached from the waist belt
• Zhaoshan ( 中 中 ): long open fronted coat
• Guan ( 中 ) or any formal hats
• Generally, this form of wear is suitable for meeting guests or