Why are the palace lanterns repaired

Palm lantern lion's head although the appearance of similar coiled dragon pattern, but the palm lantern is the cross tip and is a drum stomach, the body rounded, tendons thick lines deep, the size of the grain twisted flowers like wild, great cortex, density, the weight of the hand, play out the red, can be comparable to the apple orchard and grinding plate, large concave bottom, wu pan when the sound out of the extremely crisp and pleasing to the ear, can be described as a walnut in the top quality!

The downside of the Gonglang lion's head is: not a lot, and very few circumference, so it is difficult to match. Palace lanterns with no repair and no flaws are extremely rare. So in order to make it circumscribed, many Gongdeng walnuts are repaired.