The origin of rabbit lamp

Rabbit lanterns are said to have originated in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

According to legend, in the Han Dynasty, in order to promote Buddhism, Emperor Hanming ordered that lanterns should be burned in palaces and temples on the fifteenth day of the first month to show the Buddha. This is the origin of the Lantern Festival custom. Rabbit lantern is one of all kinds of lanterns.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, in Ningdu County, now located in Jiangxi Province, people tied colored paper into the shape of a mother-child rabbit and marched around villages, ancestral temples and families. Rabbits are regarded as auspicious things, and wherever rabbit lanterns go, they are also auspicious places. After hundreds of years of circulation, the rabbit lantern has become a traditional custom of the Lantern Festival.

Rabbit lantern is an ancient traditional handicraft in China. It is simple to make, so everyone in the village can tie it, but the wonderful and exquisite lantern has become an ancestral art in the village.

Manufacturing characteristics of rabbit lamp

1, the skeleton of the rabbit lamp should be handmade bamboo strips, otherwise it is not traditional enough.

2. Need wooden wheels. How can some plastic wheels be considered traditional? Wooden wheels need to be polished and smooth with sand skin.

3. Paste paper must have high light transmittance. Add some candles and it will glow. This is the real lamp.