What lanterns were there in the Song Dynasty?

The Lantern Festival in the Song Dynasty is as follows:

1, Dragon Lantern: Dragon Lantern consists of three parts: dragon head, dragon body and dragon tail. The dragon lantern faucet is tall and majestic, made of bamboo sticks and decorated with colored paper.

2. Palace lanterns: mainly made of fine wood, inlaid with silk yarn and glass, painted with various patterns. It is famous for its elegance and court style.

3. gauze lamp: one is a "gauze lamp" made of nanmu. This gauze lamp is square, and all sides are stretched by yarn. The gauze lamp is square, and all sides are stretched by yarn, and various figures are painted on the yarn.

4. Dragon and Phoenix Lantern: In the past, only the "dragon skin" of the dragon lantern was made of coarse cloth, while the phoenix lantern and other lanterns were made of paper. Now they are all made of cloth, and dragon, phoenix, unicorn, tiger, peacock, lotus and fish are all made into lanterns.

5. Lantern: In a square or round paper lantern, an iron wire is inserted as a vertical shaft, an impeller is installed above the shaft, two crossed thin iron wires are installed in the center of the shaft, and paper cuts such as people and horses are stuck at both ends of the iron wire. After the candle in the lantern is lit, the hot air rises to form an airflow, which drives the impeller to rotate, so the paper-cut rotates with the axle. Their shadows are projected on the cover of lantern paper. From the outside, it became the situation of "horses and chariots galloping around" in the book "Yanjing Age" in the late Qing Dynasty.

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China Lantern is a comprehensive art made of various technologies, crafts, decorative techniques and materials. There are many kinds of lanterns, such as dragon lanterns, palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, basket lanterns, dragon and phoenix lanterns, corner lanterns, tree lanterns, lantern lanterns and mushroom lanterns. They are round, square, cylindrical and polygonal in shape.

Dragon Lantern, also known as "Dragon Dance", is a folk dance form of light in China, which is popular in many places in China. There is a faucet in front of the dragon lantern. The number of joints in the middle of the body varies, but it is generally singular. There is a stick under each joint for support. Each node of candles is called "Dragon Lantern", and those who don't light candles are called "Bulong".

When dancing, one person plays the dragon with colored beads and the faucet rotates with the beads. Many other people each hold an accompaniment, tilting up and down, turning left and right, and cooperating with gongs and drums, which is very spectacular.