Interesting report from China Daily: Kongming Lantern Festival made it into the Guinness Book of World Records after the weekend of November 22, 2004, when 1,888 flying lanterns were released into the night skies over the city of Wanning in Hainan.
The event, also known as the Sky Lantern Festival is held annually, and dates back to the Three-Kingdoms period (220-280 AD). One of the famous prime ministers of that period, Zhu Geliang, who is called Kong Ming, invented the flying lantern for use in military communications.
Similar to the fire balloon, the lantern remains airborne as long as its
flame continues to burn.
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