Cranes have long symbolized peace, good health, longevity, and healing in many Asian cultures. According to the Japanese tradition of senbazuru, anyone who folds 1,000 origami cranes will be granted ...

she was inspired to start folding origami paper cranes after learning that they were a symbol of healing. Legend has it that ...

What began as a small initiative by a few students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has grown into an international art project involving 4,000 origami cranes. Students are currently ...

Sadako became famous for making more than 1,000 origami cranes while she was hospitalized to pray for her recovery. After her death, a monument modeled after Sadako was set up at the Hiroshima ...

Children have made origami cranes to mark the 78th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Over the past two years, Bristol children in playgroups have made 1,000 origami cranes. They have been ...