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Thes lanterns air everywhere during traditional festivals like Chinese New Year.
And 80% of these vendors in China are made in this little village called Quinto.
Two hours by train from Beijing.
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Suze Lenders air sold across China and even in Southeast Asian countries where Chinese communities celebrating traditional holidays, the village of Quinto makes more than 80 million lanterns a year and brings in about $160 million from the business.
But how did this small village become the lantern capital of China?
Local lord goes that it started over 300 years ago, the village leader discovered a skilled land, her master, and decided to have him make a lantern as a gift for the Emperor.
The Emperor was impressed.
And that's how the town became famous for its lander.
Although there's no official historical record of this story, it continues to be a famous legend known across China.
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But rising demand also means that workshops in Twin Tower can't keep making them entirely by hand anymore.
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