12/5/2023 0 Comments Chinese lantern meaning![]() In Chinese culture, the red lantern is the symbol of booming life and prosperous business, so they are always hung on important festivals such as Lantern Festival, Chinese New Year and Chinese National Day in parks or along main streets. Among these lanterns, red ones are recognized the most throughout the world. Bamboo was used to make frames but wire is used now, while the candles are replaced by bulbs. Their shapes were diverse, such as octagonal, hexagonal and even diametric. With dragon and phoenix patterns on them, these lanterns were not only used as lamps but also as decorations in palaces. Different kinds of patterns were drawn on the covers. Fine wood was used to make the frames that were covered in silk or glass when making palace lanterns. It is famous for the delicate craftsmanship, graceful and dignified pictures as well as the courtly features. It was mainly used in palaces in ancient time. Once used for lighting before the introduction of gas and then electricity, lanterns are now merely decorative or more significantly used during of the yearly Lantern Festival. From then on, lighting lanterns became popular in the country. During the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907), people made lanterns to celebrate their peaceful life while the splendid illuminations symbolized and celebrated the prosperous, strong and powerful country. Later, this custom gradually became a grand festival among common people. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Emperor Liu Zhuang was a Buddhist and he ordered the inhabitants of the imperial palace and citizens to light lanterns to worship the Buddha just as the monks did. Originally, monks used lanterns on the twelfth day of the first lunar month in their worship of the Buddha. A variety of crafts were used in their making such as Chinese paintings, paper-cutting, and pricking and seaming and many kinds of materials such as bamboo, wood, wheat-straw and metal were used in their manufacture. Paper lanterns, originating from Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), mainly were used as lamps in ancient China.
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