How did the ancients solve the problem of lighting and lighting of the building

Lighting has a long history, dating back to ancient times, the choice of the ancient people on the living environment, has taken into account the need for lighting, with the development of society, people live in the environment also considered the requirements of ventilation. Archaeologists found that more than 4,000 years ago, the Egyptians, had used beams and mirrors in combination with the way, so that the light reflected to the center of the pyramid area, a clever solution to the problem of indoor lighting. Human beings have gone through a long stage of development in architectural lighting technology. Each evolution of lighting technology represents the continuous progress of mankind, and its purpose is to make the building more reasonable use of natural light. The development process of architectural lighting can be divided into three stages: traditional architectural lighting, such as patios, doors, windows; modern architectural lighting, such as skylights, light tiles, light shades, light roofs, etc.; now architectural lighting, there are mainly conduit lighting system lighting, fiber optic lighting and so on.

Building lighting, then the main light, burning wood-based. The Qing Dynasty had hexagonal palace lamps and oil lamps of various colors, and in the past the hall burned candles or oil paste. In front of the temple there is a fire pit, which is usually burned firewood, more burning bag with oil paste. The Imperial Palace of the Imperial Palace in front of that seat is actually the lamp base, for lighting in front of the temple (as shown below)