What are the shapes of lanterns?

Lantern is a traditional folk handicraft in Asia. In ancient times, its main function was lighting, and later it became a symbol of happiness for the people of China. There are palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, chandeliers and so on. From the modeling point of view, there are figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc. Besides, there are lanterns for people to enjoy.

There are many kinds and styles of lanterns, which are mainly divided into the following categories:

First, Fuzhou lanterns

1. Install the bamboo pole with iron wire on the bamboo head base.

2. Install the bamboo pole on the groove, and finally tie the bamboo head with iron wire to form a bamboo frame.

3. Stand against the ground and slowly push the bamboo frame down until it becomes tubular.

4. Fold the bamboo stick by hand and adjust the shape, curvature and spacing of the lantern bamboo stick.

5. Tie cotton thread on the top of the lantern to fix the bamboo stick.

6. Spread the white yarn on the bamboo strips and fix it with paste.

7. Wait for the gauze to dry before applying agar.

8. After drying in the shade, the cylindrical umbrella lamp is shaped.

9. Then draw and draw. Generally speaking, the characters are scarlet, and the pictures are auspicious paintings, such as the Eight Immortals crossing the sea and Fu Lushou's Samsung.

10. Finally, put the base on the bamboo head and decorate it, and it is finished.

Among them, the above related terms are explained as follows:

Zhu Gui: This is the most widely planted bamboo in Taiwan Province Province. Hard and elastic, suitable for fishing rods, brooms and other appliances.

Bamboo strips: Bamboo is split into bamboo strips, which are called "bamboo strips". Punch holes at the upper and lower ends of the bamboo stick and thread them with iron wire.

Bamboo Head: Grooves are carved on the bamboo joints in Zhu Gui and fixed with thick iron wires to form the head and bottom of bamboo lanterns.

B, Quanzhou lanterns

Generally speaking, the main materials for weaving Quanzhou lanterns are tough and elastic Zhu Gui and hemp fence.

The production process is as follows:

(a) Put the bamboo in the steam room for half an hour, then take it out and put it in the shade to dry, but it shall not be excessively dried or exposed to strong light.

(2) Use a bamboo plane to shave off the rough epidermis of the cow's face.

(3) the length required for cutting bamboo strips; This depends on the size of the lantern.

(4) The lamp holder is crossed by weaving method.

(5) Tie several bamboo rings on the lamp wall in the middle of the lamp holder.

(6) Paste (install) lanterns with cotton yarn first, and then paste two layers of lantern glossy paper. If there is no glossy paper, fine cotton paper will do. ) to stick cotton gauze, first brush the diluted gauze evenly on the surface of the skeleton, then gently stick the cut gauze on the lamp holder, and then brush it flat with a brush dipped in paste. It should be noted here that the brush for brushing the paste must be a clean brush, otherwise the lamp surface will be messy. At the same time, the pasted paper must be pasted without seams in order to be truly pasted.

(7) Put the lanterns in a cool and ventilated place to dry.

(8) painting. Painted with personal patterns, such as figures, eight immortals, flowers and birds, ladies and so on.

(9) After painting, decide whether to write or not according to the situation. When the characters and patterns are completely dried, coat them with tung oil, and then let tung oil dry in the shade, and the lantern is finished.

C, tube lamp

The word surname lamp: one side of the lamp is the surname, and the other side is the official name once owned by the ancestors. For example, the surname Xie is Prince Shaobao, and the surname Zheng is Yanping.

Auspicious lamp: One side of the lamp is the surname or the name of a god, and the other side is an auspicious pattern such as the Eight Immortals (Lv Dongbin, He Xiangu, etc. ) and Fu Lushou Samsung.

Ordinary type: like a Chinese character lamp and an auspicious lamp, one side is a surname, a god's name or auspicious words, and the other side is an auspicious pattern.

Official lamp: the characters and pictures drawn on the lamp are the same as those on ordinary lamps, except that the bottom is black and the characters are gold. This kind of lantern can only be hung if it is given by the emperor.

D, Hongxi red lantern

Hongxi red lantern is a kind of assembled lantern, which is made of environmentally friendly PP plate and has varied styles. At present, there are many series and styles designed, including white gourd, palace lantern, vase, circle, square, spring, gold ingot, double happiness, children's toy lantern and so on.