Thousands of doors and thousands of households,
Always swap the new peach for the old charm.
Lanterns can be said to be Chinese and even Oriental
An indispensable holiday element for the New Year's Festival.
Chinese lanterns are also in the world
The first invention of portable lighting tools,
Where the lights are dimmed, you can always think of it
A lantern is dotted with dots,
Create a warm atmosphere of thousands of lights.
Lanterns, also known as lanterns, are an ancient traditional Chinese handicraft.
The past and present lives of lanterns
Once upon a time, the lantern was not a beautiful existence, but a wisdom existence. Because of the emergence of China's first lantern, the world has the first portable lighting tool that can illuminate the way forward.
The earliest lanterns, written on the oracle bones, people at that time used the word "East" to describe the appearance of the most primitive lanterns, which were made of bamboo strips and cloth. Until the Han Dynasty, lanterns probably did this, the Western Han Dynasty had the first paper lantern, and in the Western Han Dynasty, the folk already had the custom of hanging lanterns before and after the Lantern Festival. Usually, lanterns are just lighting, and the door lamp (wind lamp) used to indicate official title, font size, and identity does not have much meaning.
With the development of society, people no longer need this ancient tool to illuminate, so lanterns have become pure symbols, symbolizing auspiciousness, symbolizing Chinese culture, and symbolizing beauty. However, in foreign Chinese-populated areas, such as Chinatown, There are still Chinese red lanterns hanging all year round, making people think that they have returned to their homeland when they walk into Chinatown. In these countries, the red lantern, which also means China, comforts the strangers in the distance.
People in the homeland do not have this kind of thought every time they see the lantern, but the soft light emitted by the lantern can always evoke our Chinese complex. Just like the exquisitely carved cornices under the blue sky, the warm jade-like Ru kiln tea cups, and the boundless ink and danqing, no matter north or south, as long as the red lantern is hung, there is a way to perceive the depths of China, and this gentle and soft light will guide people to see the past and the future.
The meaning of lighting lanterns in the New Year
Speaking of the origin of the Spring Festival lantern, it is a long time ago, and it is said that after Jiang Ziya sealed the gods, he did not have any duties. Chinese New Year's Eve all the gods returned to their places, but Jiang Ziya had nowhere to go, and when the people saw that he was pitiful, they lit a lamp at the head of the high pole and let him squat under the lamp for the night. Over time, the custom of lighting lanterns during the Spring Festival has been formed.
On the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, children play lanterns and hang lanterns in every hall and house, creating a peaceful atmosphere.
Around the 15th Lantern Festival, people hang lanterns symbolizing the meaning of reunion to create an auspicious and festive atmosphere. Every Chinese New Year's Eve night, every household is illuminated, and from a distance, thousands of lights are lit, forming a magnificent scenery of "the moon is even bright and the day is bright, and the lights are miscellaneous and starry".
Traditional Chinese lanterns
The shape of traditional Chinese lanterns is exquisite, and the production process is exquisite, integrating the art of painting, paper cutting, paper tying, thorn stitching and other crafts.
100,000 people's homes are lit by candlelight, and red makeup is seen at the opening of the doors.
——"Watching the Lights" Zhang Xiaoyuan
The autumn night in Chengdu is long, and the lantern wax paper is open.
—— "Autumn Night Drink" Land Tour
Why not more enlightened without physiology, the pillar lantern is a new word.
- "The Gift of the Cane" Land Tour
Push the door into the room book horizontally, wax paper lantern dangling mica.
- "Night Over Shu Yaowen Drama" Su Shi
Lantern-like thin wax paper, as bright as mica with clear light.
- "Lantern" Land Tour
The lantern green flame is short, and the incense print is white and gray
- "Ten Rhymes of Kaishan Temple" (元稹).
Lanterns and drums are every year, and wine warblers and flowers are everywhere.
—— "Su Jinling Zhenwen Temple, Wangheng Mountain" Yang Wanli
The lantern white kudzu fan is cut, and the body resembles a mountain monk and does not resemble an official.
—— "Answer kong ping zhonghui banana cloth two absolute" Su Rui
Lanterns are closely connected to Chinese, and there are lanterns everywhere in the temple and in the living room.