Palace Lantern: best wishes for 2022 Winter Olympics

(ECNS) -- A craftsman made an exquisite traditional Palace Lantern to express his best wishes for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Decorated with winter sports patterns, the traditional red-colored lantern represents the vigor of athletes.

This is a Winter Olympics-themed Palace Lantern drawing inspiration from winter sports.

It took the creator about 10 days to finish Palace lanterns are said to have originated in the Han Dynasty (202 BC–220 AD) and evolved into a major symbol of Chinese culture

Jin Guixiang, 71, is the 3rd inheritor of the traditional Palace Lantern craft in his family.

He has been making Palace Lanterns since childhood. His family has produced these lanterns for generations.