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Will red candles disappear if you don't use them?

Yes. Red candles will melt away if not used by the temperature.

Candles, a kind of daily lighting tools, mainly made of paraffin wax, in ancient times, usually made from animal fats. Can be burned to emit light. In addition, the use of candles is also very wide, in the birthday party, religious festivals, collective mourning, red and white celebrations and other activities have an important use. In literature and art works, candles have the symbolism of sacrifice, dedication.

Modern generally believe that candles originated in the primitive era of the torch, primitive man put fat or wax things like coating on the bark or wood, tied together, made of lighting torches. There are also legends in the pre-Qin and ancient times, some people put the wormwood and reeds tied into a bundle, and then dipped in some grease ignited for lighting, and then there are people to a hollow reed with a cloth wrapped around the inside of the beeswax filled with ignition.

Red candles in general is the symbol of auspicious and festive is the beginning of a happy event, is the wedding such a happy event, there are still many places to comply with such a tradition, will be in the new couple's wedding time to light a night of hot red candles, implying that this new people in the future can also be a life of red-hot, love and affection.