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A Sky Lantern is also referred to by many as sky candles or fire balloons; however this term is also used to refer to balloon munitions used during World War II. According to popular lore, the Kongming Lantern was the first hot air balloon, said to be invented by the sage and military strategist Zhuge Liang, whose reverent term of address was Kongming. These lanterns were first deployed at the turn of the 3rd century as a form of signalling balloon or as some claim as a type of spy blimp in warfare. Although the name may come from the lantern’s resemblance to the hat Kongming is traditionally shown to be wearing.

This entry was posted on Monday, March 30th, 2009 at 1:30 pm and is filed under Miscellaneous.