The Artistic Features of Taiwan Province Lantern Festival

The artistic features of Taiwan Province lanterns are folk, collective, comprehensive and entertaining.

Lanterns, also known as "colored lights" and "lanterns". It is a cultural product of Chinese traditional agricultural era, with both life function and artistic characteristics. Lantern is an important entertainment culture of Han nationality for thousands of years. It rewards God and entertains the public. It not only has the function of "Nuo opera", but also has the value of entertaining the public. It is a treasure of Han folk culture.

Modern lantern art has gradually separated from the traditional lantern practice, creating works of art with unique local flavor. It is very difficult to create, the technology involved is more complicated, and the materials used are wider and more vivid. The creation of modern lanterns must integrate professional disciplines such as structure, mechanics, electricity, aesthetics, materials science and creativity, which is the most difficult of all artistic creations.

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Yuanxiao originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty and spread among the people in the Song Dynasty. The production of lanterns in the past dynasties in China was very particular and varied. Lantern Festival originated from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who set up an altar in the palace on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to worship the most distinguished sun god at that time. Because it is held all night, it is necessary to light all night, which is the beginning of Lantern Festival lighting.

After Buddhism was introduced to China from India, due to the combination of Taoist immortal skills and the piety of burning lanterns to worship Buddha, on the night of the fifteenth day of the first month, urban and rural areas were brightly lit, and gentry and ordinary people hung lanterns, forming a unique custom of combining Chinese and Western.

During the reign of Yang Di in Sui Dynasty, the Lantern Festival was very lively, and lanterns gradually developed into an important activity of the Lantern Festival. In the Tang dynasty, because of social prosperity and economic prosperity, lanterns were more brilliant and the scale of activities was quite large. The crowds watching the lights were crowded, from princes and nobles to hawkers and pawns, all went out to enjoy the lights. During the reign of Xuanzong, the prohibition in the Western Han Dynasty was also extended. Chang 'an, the capital of Beijing, even canceled the three-night curfew before and after the Lantern Festival, and expanded the implementation of "night release" to facilitate the people to enjoy the lanterns.