What is the symbolic significance of lanterns in China traditional culture?

Red lanterns are not only a handicraft, but also bear people's sustenance and good wishes from ancient times to the present. It is a treasure of our traditional culture, and it is also a very meaningful thing to create an atmosphere for our emotional venting.

Every year around the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people hang red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create a festive atmosphere. Later, lanterns became a symbol of happiness for the people of China. Introduction of red lantern: Red lantern is a kind of lamp made of red gauze, also called red gauze lamp, and the color of the lantern. Lantern, a traditional handicraft, originated in the Western Han Dynasty more than 800 years ago. Every year around the Lunar New Year and the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, people hang red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create an auspicious and festive atmosphere.

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The historical origin of red lanterns;

Lantern, also known as lantern, is an ancient lamp and a traditional handicraft in ancient China, which originated in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago.

Although the reasons for using lanterns were recorded as early as the Tang Dynasty in the 8th century BC, China had lanterns after the Qin and Han Dynasties, and paper lanterns may have been invented after the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Every year around the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people hang red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create a festive atmosphere.

Later, lanterns became a symbol of happiness for the people of China. Through the inheritance and development of lantern artists in past dynasties, colorful varieties and exquisite craftsmanship have been formed.

The custom of watching lanterns on the Lantern Festival originated in the early Han Dynasty, but there are also legends that Emperor Tang Ming played lanterns in Shangyang Palace on the Lantern Festival to celebrate the peace of the country and the people, and then tied lanterns. Accompanied by flickering lights, it symbolizes "the colorful dragon is auspicious, the people are rich and the country is strong", and the custom of playing lanterns is still widely circulated.