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What lanterns are there and how are they made?

What kinds of Lantern Festival lanterns are there?

1, version

Lantern, called dish lamp, fairy candle, heron lamp and riding lamp in ancient times, is a handicraft with Han characteristics, one of the traditional holiday toys and a kind of lantern. Common in Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and other festivals. When the candle is lit in the lamp, the heat generated by the candle will cause airflow and make the axle rotate. There is paper-cut on the axle, and the candle projects the shadow of paper-cut on the screen, and the image continues to move. Because the photos of ancient military commanders riding horses are mostly painted on all sides of the lamp, and it seems that several people are chasing me when the lamp rotates, so it is called lantern. The candle in the lantern needs to be cut into small pieces and put in the lantern. It can't be tilted.

2. Dice lamp

3. Round lights

Step 4 turn off the knife light

The knife-closing lamp is made according to the legendary Guan before using the Qinglong crescent moon blade. It travels with hand-held lanterns and rabbit lanterns, which is a metaphor for protecting peace. The lantern custom here has a history of four or five hundred years. From the 13th to 15th night of the first month, I set out from Qianmen Village and Denglong Village and visited four villages.

5, rabbit lights

The three ends of the rabbit lamp are juxtaposed, with the big head in the middle, commonly known as the rabbit girl and the small head on both sides, so it is called the thin rabbit. Take bamboo as the skeleton, paste red, white and green paper, insert the wick, light it and take it away. It is said that some people are eager for children, symbolizing that rabbits give birth to children, and their children and grandchildren are full, which has been passed down to this day.

There are seven kinds of lanterns in Lantern Festival?

There are seven lanterns in the Lantern Festival?

There are more than seven kinds of lanterns in the Lantern Festival.

Because, since it is the Lantern Festival, there will be lanterns of various shapes at the venue. Lanterns of various shapes will use landscapes of various colors to show their beauty. For example, in which year of the Lantern Festival, there will be a certain shape. Just like this year is the Year of the Tiger, there are all kinds of Hu Jin Spring Festival at the light show, and there will be many lanterns symbolizing auspiciousness, happiness and good weather, which will also make people see things in a blur. So there are more than seven kinds of color scenery on the scene of the light show.