The process of making small white flowers for tomb sweeping during Qingming Festival.
1. Take three pieces of white paper or toilet paper, usually three layers of paper. When done, the petals will have nine layers!
2. Cut to appropriate size. This is the key step and must be cut into a rectangular shape, otherwise the flowers will not be round.
3. Fold in half along the wide accordion shape of the rectangle.
4. In the center, tie it with a string. If you have a pin at home, you can fix the pin in this step.
5. Cut both ends of the paper into the arc shape of petals.
6. Unfold the paper into a circle. In order to make it easier to unfold the layers of petals in a while, it is best to rub the edges to make the layers clear.
7. Expand the petals layer by layer, paying attention that the middle one must be as close to the center of the circle as possible.
8. This is what it looks like halfway through.
9. The unfolding process needs to be very careful and gentle, and be sure not to tear the paper. It’s done!