Which place is most famous for its lanterns

Quanzhou lanterns are the most famous.

As a representative of the southern lanterns, Quanzhou lanterns have a long history, beginning in the Tang Dynasty and flourishing in the Yuan and Song Dynasties, with a book in the Song Dynasty recording that "Quanzhou lanterns are full of varieties of colors.

When the Italian Jacob arrived in Quanzhou along the Silk Road, he stayed here and watched the Lantern Festival, and then praised: "The streets and alleys of the whole city are like a flowing river of lights."

The material silk lanterns are the finest of Quanzhou lanterns. The people of Quanzhou call the process of drawing glass into silk material silk, and apply it to the lantern production process. Later on, there were lanterns combining classical paper-carving patterns and silk, which are crystal clear and suitable for both near and far viewing.

Origin of lanterns

Lanterns originated from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up an altar in the palace on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar to sacrifice to the Sun God, the most noble of the heavenly deities at that time, and because it was held all night long, it was necessary to light lamps all night long to illuminate the lamps, and this was the beginning of the lanterns for the Lantern Festival; after Buddhism had been introduced into the Middle Kingdom from India, due to the combination of Taoist fairy arts and the Buddhist lamps and Buddhist rituals of devotion to each other, every night of the first month of the fifteenth night, the city and the countryside were lit up, and the scholarly commoners, all of them, had to burn lamps and lanterns.

The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival of lights. At this time, all kinds of lanterns hanging high on the street colorful. Shengfang lanterns are mostly made with the theme of pavilions, birds, fish, insects and flowers. Dyed paper decorated with colorful thin strips made of bright and colorful.