The gate lanterns generally hang a few feet

The size of the rural door lanterns should be based on the size of the door to decide, generally account for about one-fifth of the width of the door can be. General door hanging diameter of 40 centimeters on the line, to hang the grand point of the larger, hanging diameter of 50 centimeters or more.

After successive generations of lantern artists inheritance and development, the formation of a colorful variety and high level of craftsmanship. From the type: palace lanterns, lanterns, chandeliers and so on. From the stylistic points, there are figures, landscapes, birds and flowers, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc., in addition to the horse lanterns for people to enjoy.

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Cultural Ideas

Chinese lanterns are a combination of: the art of painting, the art of painting, the art of painting, the art of painting, the art of painting, the art of painting and the art of painting. Lanterns synthesize: the art of painting, paper-cutting, paper tying, stabbing and sewing, etc. Among the lanterns made in ancient China, palace lanterns and gauze lanterns are the most famous. Lanterns are closely linked to Chinese people's lives, and there are lanterns everywhere in temples and living rooms. Carefully projected, China has lamps is after the Qin and Han Dynasty, there are paper lanterns and in the Eastern Han Dynasty after the invention of paper.

Chinese lanterns are not only used for illumination, but also as a symbol. Wu Dunhou said he used to make bridal lanterns (i.e., palace lanterns) to represent wedding festivities;

gabion lanterns to signify funerary occasions; and umbrella lanterns, which are phonetically the same as the word "ding" and mean a thriving family. Therefore, in the past, every family had lamps hanging under the eaves of the house and in the living room. Today, at the welcome ceremony for the gods, there are still two large lanterns in front of the god's head, which is a continuation of this custom.