What are the lanterns for the Lantern Festival?

There are many kinds of lanterns, including dragon lanterns, palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, basket lanterns, dragon and phoenix lanterns, angular lanterns, tree lanterns, lanterns, mushroom lanterns, etc., and the shapes of round, square, cylindrical, and polygonal.

Walking Horse Lanterns: Walking Horse Lanterns, known as chi dragon lanterns (Qin and Han Dynasty), immortal sound candles and heron lanterns (Tang Dynasty), horseback riding lanterns (Song Dynasty), Han Chinese specialty handicrafts, but also one of the traditional festival toys, belonging to a kind of lanterns. Commonly used in the Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and other festivals.

In the lantern material, some by the original paper, bamboo, into cloth, plastic, wire, and the shape and color of the lantern and the traditional also very different. Traditionally, temples were predominantly yellow, and the size and color of the lanterns varied according to personal preference, not necessarily symbolism.

The Lantern Festival is a very ancient festival that has been celebrated in China for more than 2,000 years if you count from the Western Han Dynasty. In terms of the ancient calendar, the first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, the ancients also called the night "night", the first month of the fifteenth is the first full-moon night of the year, is the "one year", the night of the earth's springtime, so it is called "Lantern Festival "The origin of the festival has been described in various ways. The origin of the festival has been described in various ways. Some scholars believe that with the creation of the Han Emperor Taiyi (Taiyi) rituals related to the original royal sacrifices, to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty began to become a festival.