What are the Chinese lanterns

1, dragon lanterns: also known as "dragon dance", is one of the Chinese folk lights and dance forms, popular in many parts of China. Dragon lanterns before the dragon head, the number of sections in the middle of the body varies, but generally for the odd number, each section below a stick in order to hold up. Each section is called a "dragon lantern" if candles are lit inside, and "cloth dragon" if candles are not lit. Dance, by a person holding a colorful bead play dragon, dragon head with the bead rotation, many other people each hold a section of the same, up and down to set off, left and right dance, and to match the gongs and drums, very spectacular.

2, the palace lantern: China is world famous special handmade lanterns. Palace lanterns for the palace and government production and use, so this name. The earliest existing lantern is the Palace Museum collection of the Ming dynasty lanterns. The production of the palace lantern is very complex, mainly with carved wood, carved bamboo, openwork copper for the skeleton, and then set on the gauze, glass or horn piece, above the painted landscapes, flowers and birds, fish and insects, people and other auspicious and festive themes.

3, horse lanterns: horse lanterns are called chi dragon lamps (Qin and Han), Xianyin candles and turn heron lamps (Tang), horse riding lamps (Song), Han Chinese specialty crafts, but also one of the traditional festival toys, belonging to a kind of lanterns. Commonly used in the Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and other festivals.

4, gauze lamps: gauze lamps, also known as lanterns, traditional handicrafts, that is, with tulle paste into the lantern. In ancient times, most of the bamboo lamp holder, candle lighting; now more steel wire production lamp holder, electric light bulb lighting. Gauze lanterns originated more than 2,000 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty, every year the Lunar New Year, before and after the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, people have hung up a symbol of reunion significance of the red lanterns, red lanterns hanging high, hanging is warm and auspicious, but can draw good poetry of the literati feel that the production of lanterns is simple, monotonous lights, no room for reverie and taste.

5, flower basket lamp: flower basket lamp is a traditional Chinese handicrafts. Shaped like a flower basket and get, generally as a hall, XuanXuan, corridor, pavilion, pavilion and other places of decorative appliances.