Ancient copper sheep lamp for what

Copper sheep lamp carving as standing horns in the shape of a sheep, the body is round, limbs upright, head gazing, naive. The back of the goat is designed as a movable lamp plate, and the hollow body of the goat is used to store grease. In ancient China, "sheep" and "Xiang" were commonly used, and the lamp is made in the shape of a sheep to symbolize good luck. The lamps of the Han Dynasty were mainly fueled by grease, usually animal or vegetable fats. When used, the cones were bound into bundles and immersed in grease for lighting, which the ancients called "paste candles". Lamp cones to peel off the hemp straw that is hemp nettle nettle (sound hi) made, will be placed in the lamp disk. [1]