Lanterns are the most reminiscent and hopeful of the Lantern Festival. The custom of watching lanterns in the Lantern Festival originated in the early years of the Han dynasty. In the first year of the Tang and Kai Dynasties, in order to celebrate Cathay Pacific ’s people ’s safety, the lanterns were tied together. . When Zhu Yuanzhang built the capital of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty, he even set off 10,000 water lamps on the Qinhuai River; Yongle Dynasty set up a lamppost on the Daoshan Mountain at the Wumen Gate, and set up a "lamp market" outside the Huamen Gate, making Beiping a "Dengshikou" street . After the Republic of China, although the lantern festival is still there, it is a lot more bland. Fortunately, due to the popularity of China, lanterns are gradually playing an important role in home decoration. However, the materials of the lanterns have changed from the original paper and bamboo. It is made of cloth, plastic, iron wire, and the shape and color of the lantern are also very different from the traditional ones.
In addition to lighting, lanterns have other meanings. Every year when the first month private school (ancient school) starts, parents will prepare a lantern for their children, which will be lit by the teacher, symbolizing the bright future of the students. It is called "turning on the lights". Later it evolved into the custom of lanterns during the Lantern Festival. Because the pronunciation is similar to "Ting Ding", the lantern is also used to pray for a child. In the era of Japanese occupation, patriots painted folk stories on lanterns and taught their children and grandchildren to understand their own culture.
Lanterns are a type of ancient lamps and lanterns. As early as the eighth century, the Tang Dynasty recorded the reasons for using lanterns. China has a lamp after the Qin and Han dynasties, and the paper lantern may have been invented after the paper was invented in the Western Han Dynasty. The custom of watching lanterns in the Lantern Festival originated in the early years of the Han dynasty, but it is also said that Emperor Tang Ming of the Lantern Festival at the Shangyang Palace on the Lantern Festival was to celebrate the Cathay People ’s Peace. "Xiang, the people are rich and the country is strong", and the style of the lantern is still popular today.
