A brightly coloured phoenix design created by Wong, a lantern artist.
For many adults, their childhood memories of the Mid-Autumn Festival include carrying glass paper lanterns lit with candles around the neighbourhood.
Popular lantern designs included the dragon, fish or rabbit, as well as the foldable paper tanglung.
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Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Art
A brightly coloured phoenix design created by Wong, a lantern artist.
Liew, president of the Malaysia Lantern Art Association, says lanterns are very much a part of Chinese culture.
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Wong says seeing the final result of his work is a very satisfactory feeling that money cannot buy.
Wong with a heart-shaped lantern he made at his home recently.
The peacock betta fish design by Wong which won the grand prize at a lantern-making competition organised by Sunway Velocity, Kuala Lumpur, last year.
An eye-catching wau lantern made by Wong.
Lantern frames made by Wong before the fabric covering is put over them.
The process of making a lantern is tedious and hard because an artist has to bend thick wires with his bare hands.
Wong making a heart-shaped lantern at his home, which is equipped with the necessary tools and equipment.
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