The lanterns look similar to ordinary lanterns, what is the mystery of it?

The appearance of the lanterns and ordinary lanterns that we see every day is almost the same, the appearance of the lanterns like the general, inside there is placed a candle can be used, more for the traditional festivals such as New Year's Eve, Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival. It is more than ordinary lanterns in the mystery of where? Walking lanterns have the effect of folding and scrolling subtitles, which is more advanced than ordinary lanterns.

One, the shape of the lantern

Walking lanterns in ancient times, the shape of the lanterns like the Palace General, the bottom of the lamp inside the setting of a wheel shaft, in the surrounding cloth attached to the paper cutouts, when it is lit will be the shadow of the paper cutouts projected on the screen, the image will be rotating with the rotation of the wheel shaft and keep rotating. Because people in ancient times in the lamp body will be painted around the general riding a horse picture, so it looks like a few people in pursuit of me in general, so this style of lamp is known as the horse lamp. Now we see the horse lamp is mostly improved version, from the shape of the change to different from the previous cylindrical, but according to preference to design.

Two, the role of the lantern

With ordinary lanterns, the main role of the lantern in ancient times is to do ornamental, every Lantern Festival, New Year's Eve, Mid-Autumn Festival when people will hold a large set of celebrations, due to the design of the lantern is stronger than the ordinary lanterns are more popular, the children and adults carry the lanterns to go to play and shop in the market. In modern times, the lanterns are mainly used for publicity, due to its shape can be used as a projection screen, so people will be put horizontally and vertically on the subtitles or news images, so it becomes the news running lanterns. More often than not, some businesses will be hung outside the store, one can do to decorate the beautiful, the second is to put on the top of the publicity of the new play to help attract guests. Similarly, some websites also use running lights as a film-like thing, placed in the beginning or end of the movie, to create a treacherous atmosphere, with the beginning and end of the running lights to string scenes, to indicate the direction of the story.

The lanterns are similar to ordinary lanterns in principle, but more advanced in design, with its rotating, horizontal role that traditional lanterns do not have. In the role of the two are to publicize the main, walking lanterns of the senior place is its role in the excavation of some deeper.