Eighty-three-year-old Tsai-kan Hsiao is always popular in the run-up to the Lantern Festival every year. He began making lanterns over sixty years ago. He draws no plans and follows no standard procedure for making a lantern, but rather creates by feel. Each of his lanterns bears a part of Hsiao's character, feelings and vision. Hsiao began making lanterns bearing characters of the Chinese Zodiac six years ago, and they have been a hit from the beginning.