The History of Paper Crane

Do you know the history of Paper Crane Origami?

Crane is considered as the one of the most famous origami designs. It is auspicious in Japanese culture. There is a legend about crane origami. According to legend anyone who folds one thousand paper cranes will have their hearts desire come true. There was a Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki. She was two years old when atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. She survived in that incident.

                             Paper Crane

But later on she was diagnosed with acute malignant lymph gland leukemia. She was admitted to Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital for treatment. Her roommate told Sadako about the legend of thousand cranes and taught her how to make paper crane. Sadako had plenty of free time in hospital but she couldn’t make thousands of crane because she had not enough paper. She also used medical wrappings in order to making cranes. Her best friend also brought paper from school for Sadako. There has a popular story that Sadako only managed to make 644 paper cranes before her death. After her death her classmates made one thousand cranes, which were buried with her. After her death a statue of Sadako holding a golden crane was built in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.