How to Buy Cheap Chinese and Japanese Paper Lanterns?
Chinese and japanese paper lanterns are good for setting the tone for any room. Even when the lantern is off, its unique design adds an invaluable asian touch to your home décor. There are wide variety of these lanterns to fit any decorating theme one is going for and can also be gotten from some online stores at an affordable price.
Traditional Japanese Paper Lanterns
Traditional Japanese lantern is a cultural decoration which have are used commonly in Japanese lantern festival. These is a festival where people honor their deceased loved ones by writing their names on the lanterns and setting them to float on the river. The traditional japanese paper lantern are unique and can be customised to ones personal choice, in terms of design, color, size and shape. You can get some cheap paper lantern from amazon like plum blossom paper lantern set w/ light #ml-21 for $8.50. Other sites are ebay.com, just-artifacts.com and amazonwebstore.com.
Japanese Rice Paper Lamps
Japanese rice paper lamps are like any other japanese lanterns, just that in this case they are made with ancient japanese rice paper. These lantern give your surrounding a little touch of asian culture. You can get a variety of cheap japanese rice paper lantern from $5 at cheappaperlanterns.net, and amazon.com. Some of the brand names includes white round Japanese rice paper lantern – 12″.
Japanese Floating Paper Lanterns
Japanese floating paper lanters have been used for ages during a famous japanese festival know as Toro Nagashi – the festival of floating lanterns. They do this to honor and give the departed spirit by floating a lit paper lantern on the river. You can get really cheap do-it-yourself floating lantern kit or you can simply buy one already made from amazon.com, ebay.com, or japan-zone.com.
Wholesale Japanese Paper Lanterns
Are you looking for wholesale online stores, where you can buy at a cheaper rate? There are several online stores like asianideas.com, which provide good rate when purchased in bulk. The rates may vary from $1.50 – $850. They also offer free shipping for orders more than $100. Another good site is lunabazaar.com that offers great discounts on bulk purchases.
Chinese Paper Lanterns
Chinese paper lanterns evolved from continuous improvement of their traditional lighting and were used in different chinese festival, but it didn’t stop at that. Today Chinese lanterns have undergone extensive changes. While Chinese lanterns are still made and used by Chinese people, to the rest of the world it represents artistic expression in terms of beauty, functionality, design and embellishment. You can get really cheap chinese lantern like chinese round white paper dragon lantern from amazon.com, pandaoriental.com, mylittlechinatown.com, and oriental.pocket-go.com.
Round Paper Lanterns
The round paper lantern are quite common and popular especially for its festive appeal and unique look. The origin of round paper lantern can be traced back to chinese and japanese celebrations and festivals. Today, it’s used by people everywhere as a home or outdoor décor and can be customised to one’s choice. Cheap round paper lantern can be bought from amazon.com, zuberts.com, and americanprom.com
Shoji Paper Lamps
Shoji paper lamps are also japanese lantern because it originated from japan. It’s perfect for home lighting or can be simply used as a home décor because of it’s uniqueness and aesthetic qualities. These lamps are available in two shapes: square and circular, but has a varying range of sizes and are available in different colored papers. You can get cheap shoji paper lamps like shoji square paper lanterns 12″ ice blue bamboo ribbing from save-on-crafts.com for $3.79, shoji style white rice paper 10″ square lanterns with Bamboo from save-on-cratfs.com at $4.49, and green shoji box paper lantern from goodthingsweddingfavors.com for $4.
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