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Luoyang palace lantern culture has a long history.

Luoyang, the capital of many ancient dynasties, has a profound heritage in court culture, and the palace lantern culture in court culture is also a very important part of it. In modern society, it is rare to see the previous craftsmanship. Nowadays, young people don't like to do such a thing. Unfortunately, the foundation handed down from generation to generation will be cut off. This issue of Luoyang culture will be interpreted for you.

Luoyang Palace Lantern is a traditional handicraft of Han nationality and a common ornament of Lantern Festival. There are many varieties with strong local characteristics. Common ones are white hat square lamp, red yarn round lamp, six-color faucet lamp, lantern, butterfly lamp, Erlong pearl lamp and arhat lamp. Especially the red gauze lamp is the most famous. Beautiful shape, suitable for books and paintings, free support, easy to save. It can be used for holiday decoration and embellishment; It can also be used for art propaganda and recognition of new styles.

In 2008, it was selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage expansion projects.

Most poor people who make palace lanterns have no education. They only know how to work hard and support their families. They never thought, nor were they able to record the story and historical evolution of the palace lantern industry on paper and pass it on to the world.

If it weren't for 82-year-old Zhu, it would be difficult to find the historical evolution of Luoyang Palace Lantern. Trembling, he took out a thin booklet entitled "History of Luoyang Palace Lantern", which was the crystallization of his painstaking efforts after some visits more than 40 years ago. The development of Luoyang Palace Lantern from late Ming and early Qing Dynasty to before the founding of the People's Republic of China was recorded in detail, especially the inheritance of some main palace lantern craftsmen.

Throughout the development history of Luoyang Palace Lantern, it is closely related to the social, political and economic conditions at that time. Social stability and developed economy. The more people make lamps, the greater the sales. On the contrary, fewer people and fewer lights. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, there were fewer people making lanterns in the old city due to war and social unrest. In the last years of Qianlong, the country was rich and the people were safe, and the palace lantern industry flourished. At the end of Guangxu, Cixi passed Luoyang with Guangxu and fell in love with Zhang Hejia Palace Lantern in Luoyang. Officials in Beijing sent people to buy them, and Luoyang Palace Lantern flourished for a while. In the early years of the Republic of China, wars were frequent and the number of people making lanterns dropped sharply. When Wu was in charge of Luoyang, Luoyang Palace Lantern became popular again, because he gave subordinate officials lanterns. After Wu was forced out of Luoyang by Han Yu, Luoyang Palace lanterns gradually dimmed, leaving only six or seven lantern households. During the Anti-Japanese War, exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous fees were a dime a dozen, leaving only two or three lamp households in Luoyang to survive. It was not until the founding of New China that it was reborn. After 1949, Luoyang palace lanterns developed rapidly. Great teachers and great apprentices cultivate many talented people. 1957, 12 varieties were put on the international market and exported to Singapore, Europe and America. 1959, the innovative "hexagonal female lamp" participated in the National Day Lantern Exhibition and gained a high reputation.