paper cranes
Thousand-wish tradition
Paper cranes are figures of birds folded from single sheets of paper using origami techniques.
In Japanese tradition, folding a thousand paper cranes (*senbazuru*) is believed to grant a wish or bring good fortune, making them symbols of hope, healing, and peace.
They became especially associated with recovery and anti-war sentiment after the story of Sadako Sasaki, a girl who developed leukemia from the Hiroshima bombing: The hospital room was filled with paper cranes from well-wishers.
- origamiSculptural paper-creasing art
- folding techniqueSystematic way to bend material
- foldingBending something over itself
- JapaneseOf or from Nippon
- wishYearned-for outcome
good luck charm · thousand · peace · Hiroshima · children's book · delicate · wings · beak · flight · patience · meditation · gift · ceremony · luck · healing · hospital · hospital ward · string
- floating decorationsballoons, streamers, bunting, garlands, sky lanterns
- Atomic Bombingatomic bomb, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, atomic bombing, Little Boy
paper cranesmilitary insignia
Symbols denoting armed forces rank
bombs · missiles · atomic bomb · mushroom cloud · Little Boy
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