What kinds of lanterns are there in the Lantern Festival?

What kinds of lanterns are there in the Lantern Festival?

Types of Lantern Festival lanterns

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, flower blue lanterns, dragon and phoenix lanterns, corner lanterns, tree lanterns, fireworks lanterns and mushroom lanterns, with round, square, cylindrical and polygonal shapes. Lantern is a unique ornamental lamp in the art of lantern, among which Guangdong Lantern is the most famous. A lantern is usually a wheel in a lamp with images of various figures, flowers and birds cut out of colored paper. Lighting a candle under the wheel, the hot air rises, causing air convection, making the wheel rotate and the paper image rotate, which is favored by the majority of lantern lovers.

What lanterns are there on the Lantern Festival?

1, palace lantern

Palace lantern is a world-famous handicraft with China characteristics. Palace lanterns are mostly made and used by palaces and government officials, so they have this name. The shapes of palace lanterns are very rich, including square, hexagonal, octagonal, round bead, flower basket, square victory, Pisces, gourd, disc, mugwort leaf, glass, collar and many other varieties, especially hexagonal palace lanterns. The production of palace lanterns is also very complicated, mainly based on wood carving, bamboo carving and copper carving, and then inlaid with tulle, glass or horn pieces, which are painted with various auspicious and festive themes such as landscapes, flowers and birds, fish insects and figures. High-grade palace lanterns are also inlaid with jade or white jade.

2. Lantern

In ancient times, riding lanterns were called pan-pot lanterns (Qin and Han dynasties), fairy candle and Zhu dew lanterns (Tang dynasty) and riding lanterns (Song dynasty). It is also one of the traditional holiday toys, belonging to lanterns. It is a unique ornamental lantern in lantern art, and its reputation is all over the world, and it is common in Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and other festivals. A candle is lit in the lamp, and the heat generated by the candle causes airflow and makes the axle rotate. There is paper-cut on the axle, and the shadow of paper-cut is projected on the screen by candlelight, and the image keeps moving. Because there are many pictures of ancient military commanders riding horses on all sides of the lamp, it seems that several people are chasing it when the lamp rotates, so it is named lantern. The candle in the lantern needs to be cut into small pieces. When you put it in a lantern, you should put it straight and never put it sideways. When the candle is lit under the wheel, the hot air rises, causing air convection, making the wheel rotate and the paper image rotate with it. The picture is continuous, dynamic and fascinating.

3. Rabbit lamp

The rabbit lamp is a three-headed parallel * * * body, with the big head in the middle, commonly known as "rabbit girl" and the small heads on both sides, so it is called "thin rabbit". Use bamboo sticks as the skeleton, paste red, white and green paper, insert the wick, light it and carry it away. According to legend, some people are eager to have children, symbolizing that rabbits can have children and grandchildren, which has been passed down to this day.

4. Lotus Lantern

Lotus lantern is a gift given by young men and women in ancient Minnan, with rich meanings. Later, it is usually presented to newlyweds and a pair of lanterns during the Lantern Festival. It is said that praying for blessings can give birth to healthy fat dolls.

5. Dragon Lantern

China is the hometown of dragons, and people in China regard themselves as descendants of dragons. Dragon Lantern, also known as "Dragon Dance", is a folk dance form of light in China, which is popular in many areas of China. Dragon is the first of the five beasts, and dragon culture is the most important totem culture of the Chinese nation. There is a faucet in front of the dragon lantern. The number of sections in the middle of the dragon lantern varies, but it is generally singular, and there is a stick under each section for support. Each node of candles is called "Dragon Lantern", and those who don't light candles are called "Bulong". During the dance, one person plays the dragon with colored beads, and the faucet rotates with the beads. The people of the dragon body and the dragon tail each hold an accompaniment, which tilts up and down, turns left and right, and is accompanied by gongs and drums, which is very spectacular. Since ancient times, there have been countless legends about dragons, and dragons have become the spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation's unremitting self-improvement.

6, gauze lamp

The gauze lamp takes hemp yarn or hemp fabric as the lamp surface, which is mostly round or oval. Red gauze lanterns, also known as Hongqing lanterns, are bright red all over. The lantern is decorated with golden moire above and below, and the bottom is decorated with golden tassels. They are beautiful and generous, festive and auspicious, and are often hung during festivals. Shadow yarn lanterns are made of all kinds of hemp yarn, painted with flowers, birds, fish, insects, pavilions and other landscapes, and decorated with golden moire and various tassels. They are colorful and colorful, adding luster to the festival.

7. Turn off the knife light

The knife-collecting lamp is made according to the legendary dragon crescent moon knife used by Guan Gong before his death. It travels with lanterns and rabbit lanterns, which is a metaphor for protecting peace. The custom of enjoying lanterns here has a history of 400-500 years. From the 13th to 15th night of the first month, I visited four villages from Qianmen Village to Chudeng Village.

Why do you want to see lanterns on the Lantern Festival?

On the fifteenth night of the first month, red lights are hung high in the streets and alleys, including palace lanterns, animal lanterns, lanterns, bird lanterns and so on, to attract people to watch lanterns.

According to legend, the custom of playing lanterns began in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, lantern style prevailed in all previous dynasties and spread to future generations. The fifteenth day of the first month is the climax of the annual lantern fireworks. Therefore, the Lantern Festival is also called "Lantern Festival".

The custom of enjoying lanterns on the Lantern Festival began in the Han Dynasty. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it developed into a grand lantern market. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Kyoto lantern market often stretched for dozens of miles. The Lantern Festival was limited to the 11th night of the first month in Han Dynasty, extended to three nights in Tang Xuanzong, and lasted from the eighth day of the first month to the seventeenth day of the first month in Ming Dynasty. Acrobatics appeared in the Lantern Festival in the Tang Dynasty, and lantern riddles began to appear in the Song Dynasty. Opera performances were added in the Ming Dynasty.