What are the Lantern Festival lanterns?

There are many kinds of lanterns for the Lantern Festival, among which we can often see such a few.

1, version

In ancient times, riding lanterns were called dragon lanterns, fairy candles, heron lanterns and lantern lanterns. It is also one of the traditional holiday toys, belonging to lanterns. Candles are lit in lanterns, and the heat generated by candles causes airflow and makes the axle rotate. There are paper-cuts on the axle, and the shadow of paper-cuts is projected on the screen by candlelight, so the image keeps moving, hence the name "lantern".

Step 2 turn off the knife light

The knife-collecting lamp is made according to the legendary dragon crescent moon knife used by Guan Gong before his death. It travels with lanterns and rabbit lanterns, which is a metaphor for protecting peace. The lantern tour here starts from Qianmen Village on the 13th to 15th night of the first month, starts from Chudeng Village and goes through four villages.

3. Rabbit lamp

The rabbit lamp is a three-headed parallel * * * body, the middle head is big, commonly known as the rabbit girl, and the two sides are small, so it is called a thin rabbit. Take bamboo as the skeleton, paste red, white and green paper together, and insert the wick. After it was lit, it was transported away. According to legend, some people are eager to have children, symbolizing that rabbits can have children and grandchildren, which has been passed down to this day.