What lanterns are there in China?

Lantern is a general term, which can be subdivided into many parts, such as dragon lantern, palace lantern, lantern, gauze lantern, basket lantern, dragon and phoenix lantern, corner lantern, tree lantern, fireworks lantern and mushroom lantern. Its shapes are round, square, cylindrical and polygonal.

Lantern symbolizes reunion and celebration in China. Later, with the changes of the times, lanterns became a symbol of beautiful things. No matter on New Year's Eve, the fifteenth day of the first month, or various traditional festivals in China, people hang red lanterns on their front doors.

Extended data:

The origin of lanterns

There are many theories about the origin of playing lanterns. A widely circulated saying is that the custom of playing lanterns on the Lantern Festival began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Eastern Han Dynasty advocated Buddhism. He heard that on the fifteenth day of the first month, a Buddhist monk watched the Buddhist relics and lit lanterns to worship the Buddha, so all the gentry and ordinary people hung lanterns that night.

Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the court to the people, and from the Central Plains to the whole country. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, in order to celebrate the country's prosperity and people's peace, people tied lanterns, symbolizing "lucky dragons, rich people and strong country" with flashing lights. Since then, the custom of playing lanterns has been widely spread.