Chinese Lanterns- the Traditional Culture of China - By: venturiwang

Chinese lanterns are the traditional culture of China and have long history over thousand years. It is said that they

originated in the Han Dynasty. Lanterns are hung outside each house to celebrate when some important festivals come,

and in the ancient time Chinese people also use the lanterns for lighting because of lacking of the high technology

on electricity.
The traditional Chinese lantern is an open paper container with a candle inside. With the inheritance and development

by the artists and in order to fit the needs of people, the lanterns have developed varieties on market. However, in

the modern city, lanterns have rarely functions on lighting but the special status of lanterns is still not

diminished. The refined and popular tastes handicraft are usually decorated on spring festival, wedding ceremony and

others days that people think important in China, such as used in advertisements.
They are crystallizations of Chinese wisdom and have the characters on high value of art, flowing lines, rich

structure, What¡¯s more, some lanterns not only have elegant lines and engraved designs, but also were decorated with

Chinese characters, portraits of historic figures, pictures of the divinities of some legends, and the landscape of

China, which perfectly blend the nature with the humanistic ideas and thus vividly reflect the high level of

civilization of the society at that time. Chinese lanterns can not only give people attractive visual effects but

ignite the people¡¯s good wishes for life.
Here I want to tell you the most popular day about lanterns is Lantern festival in the 15th of the first lunar month.

Chinese people will decorate their house with colorful lanterns, and will organize activity to guess lantern riddles

to show people¡¯s intelligence and eat ¡°YuanXiao¡±, a sweet fried or boiled dumpling made of glutinous rice. It is

said that there are many legends about hanging lanterns on the 15th of the first lunar month. First, to prevent those

people who want to burn human. Second, to celebrate the peaceful day¡¯s coming on Han Dynasty. Chinese people also

like to figure the Lantern Festival to a kind of Valentine¡¯s Day with the magic of dream-like state.

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