Himmelslaternen

sky lanterns,kongming lantern Flight height: ca.400-500m duration: ca. 10-12 min Diameter: ca. 38cm Height: 100cm Fuel Body including - 100%Biodegradable - Flame Resistant, NonHazardous, SAFE! - Perpack content: one lantern, one fuel cell, one instruction article -Youcanalso personalize the sky lantern. Write and panit lovesname,familymemeber's name, love words, poems, obama portrait,palinportrait, andany other what you want. Then make a wish.Idea for wedding, party, holiday, birthday, and other celebrations About Sky Lantern Accordingtopopularlore, the Kongming Lantern (Chinese: ) was the first hotairballoon,said to be invented by the sage and military strategistZhugeLiang,whose reverent term of address (i.e. Chinese style name)wasKongming.They were first deployed at the turn of the 3rd century asatype ofsignalling balloon or, it is claimed, as a type of spy blimpinwarfare.Alternately the name may come from the lantern'sresemblanceto the hatKongming is traditionally shown to be wearing. Itislikely thatthis technological discovery is misattributed becauseofthe Chinesehistorical practice of attributing great discoveriestosignificanthistorical figures rather than to the actualinventors.According to thesinologist and historian of science JosephNeedham,the Chineseexperimented with mini-hot air balloons from asearly asthe 3rd centuryBC - which suggests that the attribution ofitsinvention to Kongming isindeed apocryphal.Laternon-militaryapplications wereemployed as they became popular withchildren atcarnivals. Theselanterns were subsequently incorporatedinto festivalslike the ChineseMid-Autumn and Lantern Festivals.Pingsi in the TaipeiCounty of Taiwanholds an annual Lantern Festivalin which sky lanternsare released.releasesky lanternstogether.It is consideredgood luck to release a skylantern, and manyThais believe they aresymbolic of problems and worriesfloating away.skylanternsgive you the opportunity to createa truly unique event foryourcelebration that will be remembered and youcan be sure that theflowergirls at your wedding will want the samefairytale lanterns attheirwedding in 20 years time. Note: Please beaware that, itisdangerous to play the "Kong Ming Lanterns" about 1miles neartheairport or any place that has helicopter etc. Try to flythese atbigempty place where no house & easy fired things. We, thesellerarenot responsible for any accident or damage! sky lantern,kongming lantern,wishing lantern