4, the lantern is the hope of people for a better life, is the symbol of auspicious auspicious and. Offering sacrifices to gods with lanterns began in the Western Han Dynasty and reached its peak in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, both the court and the people attached great importance to the Lantern Festival, and the custom of decorating lanterns, traveling and watching lanterns prevailed among the people. In the Song Dynasty, a variety of lantern styles such as shadow lantern and water lantern emerged. In the Ming Dynasty, people set up a lantern market for the Lantern Festival, and in the Qing Dynasty, no matter the royal palace, residential buildings or temples have their own unique lantern scenery.
2. The legend of Lanterns
1, there are many kinds of lantern legend, one is: the Lantern Festival custom began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty Ming Emperor Liu Zhuang advocating Buddhism, heard that the fifteenth day of the monks have a Buddhist view of the Buddha, light Buddha practice, he ordered this day night in the palace and temple light Buddha, also make the common people to hang lights. Later this Buddhist ritual gradually formed the folk grand lighting festival. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, in order to celebrate the prosperity of the country and the people, people tied lanterns with flashing lights to symbolize "colorful dragons, prosperity and prosperity of the people". The custom of lighting lanterns became popular since then.
2. There is also a legend that Jiang Ziya did not get any job after he was canonized as a god. He had to wait for a god to travel as a substitute. One year, on the 30th of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Ziya had no place to go, so the people, seeing his pity, lit a lamp on the top of a tall pole and asked him to stay up all night. Over time, the formation of thirty lantern custom.
3. Chinese lanterns have a long history. According to Wei Cuncheng, a famous Chinese archaeologist, Chinese lanterns are the earliest portable lighting tools invented in the world. The character "east" in the oracle bone inscriptions may be a depiction of the original lantern image. "The History of the South" recorded the sentence "hanging a lantern on the wall." Ge is the white coarse cloth woven with hemp, and the lantern made of it may be the prototype of the gauze lamp. Its purpose is to indicate the official title, number, identity of the door lamp (wind lamp).
4. There is also an interesting folk saying. A long time ago, there were many fierce birds and beasts, which hurt people and animals everywhere. So people organized themselves to fight them. A divine bird landed on earth because it was lost, but was shot to death by an unwitting hunter. The Emperor of Heaven was very angry when he knew about it. He issued a decree and ordered the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the earth on the fifteenth day of the first month, burning all the human and animal property on earth. The daughter of the emperor of Heaven was kind-hearted and could not bear to see the innocent suffering of the people, so she secretly came to the world and told everyone the news. At this time, a man came up with an idea. He asked people to decorate their homes, light firecrackers and set off fireworks on the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth days of the first lunar month. In this way, the Emperor of Heaven would think that the heavenly soldiers had set fire to the fire. On the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor of Heaven looked down and saw a red light on earth and a loud noise in the sky. This was the same for three consecutive nights, and he gave up thinking that the soldiers of heaven had set fire to the fire. Since then, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every family hangs lanterns to commemorate this day.
5. There is also a saying that there was an old man in Hebei province during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. This man was skillful and had a good skill in making lanterns. One year, he made a few pairs of lanterns to sell on the set, happened to be scattered in the street Gaocheng County uncle saw, they bought all the lanterns, hanging in the mansion. Because the lantern workmanship chic, magnificent, the county magistrate as treasures, love. This year, it was time to pay tribute to the emperor. The county magistrate was worried about what items to send to the emperor. His servant advised him to send several pairs of lanterns. County magistrate although a little reluctant, but had to bear the pain. Sure enough, the emperor took a fancy to, Longyan big Yue, Gaocheng magistrate, and the lantern as a tribute. Later, red lanterns were displayed inside and outside the palace. Hebei lanterns were designated as tributes and became special products of the imperial palace. Later, people changed the word "gong" to "Gong" and it became "palace lanterns".
Three, the kinds of lanterns
1, from the type of: palace lamp, gauze lamp, chandelier, etc.
2, from the modeling, there are figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, dragons and phoenix, fish and insects, etc.
3, there are special for people to enjoy the horse lantern. Integrated painting art, paper cutting, paper tying, sewing and other technologies.
4, the word surname lamp: one side of the lamp is the surname, the other side is the ancestor once held the official name. Such as surname "Xie" is prince Shao Bao, surname "Zheng" is Yanping Shao Wang, etc.
5, auspicious lamp: one side of the lamp is the surname or god's name, the other side is the eight immortals (Lv Dongbin, He Xiangu, etc.), Fu Lu Shou Samsung and other auspicious patterns.
6. Official lamp: the words and pictures drawn on the lamp are the same as those of the general lamp, but the bottom is black and the word is gold. Such lanterns can only be hung with the emperor's permission.
Four, and lanterns about the poem
1, the moon lantern mountain full imperial capital, Xiangche Bao cover pass thoroughfare. -- Tang Li Shangyin, "Watching the Lights and Enjoying the Journey"
2, thousands of doors unlocked million lights, the middle of the first month moving Beijing. -- Night Lamp on the Fifteenth Day of the First Lunar Month by Tang Zhang Hu
3, elaborate color far points, numerous light far fix day. -- Don Luzhao-lin, "Fifteen Nights of Light Observation"
4, last year Yuan night, the flower market lights as day. -- Song Dynasty. Shengzhazi by Ouyang Xiu
5, temporarily Jin Wu night, through the fire tree spring. -- -- don king 諲 "15 night view lamp"
6, different customs are not local customs, the New Year to change the old year. Thistle door to see the fire tree, suspected candle dragon burning. -- Meng Haoran of Tang Dynasty, "With Zhang Zhang's View of the Thistle Gate Lamp"
One of the popularization of Chinese traditional culture knowledge: Red Lantern
Lanterns can be said to be widely popular in our country. Around the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar calendar, people all hang red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create a festive atmosphere. So how are the lanterns?
Lanterns are one of the symbols of Chinese culture
1, lantern, also known as lantern color, is an ancient Chinese traditional arts and crafts, is also a symbol of Chinese joy, is one of China's excellent traditional culture content. Red lanterns in the New Year's Eve, hanging in people's doors or houses not only illuminate the night and illuminate the joy of the family, happiness.custom snow globe lantern is available here.
2. Chinese lantern culture has a long history. Since ancient times, lanterns have represented family reunion, prosperity and prosperity, symbolizing family happiness, completeness and wealth, so Chinese people like them. Even overseas Chinese like it very much. You can see in the Chinatown of the United States, red lanterns are hung all year round. This tradition is the connotation of the unique traditional culture of the Chinese nation.
3, Chinese lanterns, it is not only used for lighting, but also a symbol. Lanterns originated in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, but paper lanterns didn't exist until the Eastern Han Dynasty, after paper was invented. Lanterns used to be called bridal lanterns (i.e. palace lanterns) to represent the wedding festival; Bamboo strip lamps are used for funeral occasions; Umbrella lamp (surname lamp), is hanging in the eaves and the living room, because "lamp" and "Ding" sound the same, meaning a thriving population. So, every family used to have a surname.
4, the lantern is the hope of people for a better life, is the symbol of auspicious auspicious and. Offering sacrifices to gods with lanterns began in the Western Han Dynasty and reached its peak in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, both the court and the people attached great importance to the Lantern Festival, and the custom of decorating lanterns, traveling and watching lanterns prevailed among the people. In the Song Dynasty, a variety of lantern styles such as shadow lantern and water lantern emerged. In the Ming Dynasty, people set up a lantern market for the Lantern Festival, and in the Qing Dynasty, no matter the royal palace, residential buildings or temples have their own unique lantern scenery.
2. The legend of Lanterns
1, there are many kinds of lantern legend, one is: the Lantern Festival custom began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty Ming Emperor Liu Zhuang advocating Buddhism, heard that the fifteenth day of the monks have a Buddhist view of the Buddha, light Buddha practice, he ordered this day night in the palace and temple light Buddha, also make the common people to hang lights. Later this Buddhist ritual gradually formed the folk grand lighting festival. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, in order to celebrate the prosperity of the country and the people, people tied lanterns with flashing lights to symbolize "colorful dragons, prosperity and prosperity of the people". The custom of lighting lanterns became popular since then.
2. There is also a legend that Jiang Ziya did not get any job after he was canonized as a god. He had to wait for a god to travel as a substitute. One year, on the 30th of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Ziya had no place to go, so the people, seeing his pity, lit a lamp on the top of a tall pole and asked him to stay up all night. Over time, the formation of thirty lantern custom.
3. Chinese lanterns have a long history. According to Wei Cuncheng, a famous Chinese archaeologist, Chinese lanterns are the earliest portable lighting tools invented in the world. The character "east" in the oracle bone inscriptions may be a depiction of the original lantern image. "The History of the South" recorded the sentence "hanging a lantern on the wall." Ge is the white coarse cloth woven with hemp, and the lantern made of it may be the prototype of the gauze lamp. Its purpose is to indicate the official title, number, identity of the door lamp (wind lamp).
4. There is also an interesting folk saying. A long time ago, there were many fierce birds and beasts, which hurt people and animals everywhere. So people organized themselves to fight them. A divine bird landed on earth because it was lost, but was shot to death by an unwitting hunter. The Emperor of Heaven was very angry when he knew about it. He issued a decree and ordered the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the earth on the fifteenth day of the first month, burning all the human and animal property on earth. The daughter of the emperor of Heaven was kind-hearted and could not bear to see the innocent suffering of the people, so she secretly came to the world and told everyone the news. At this time, a man came up with an idea. He asked people to decorate their homes, light firecrackers and set off fireworks on the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth days of the first lunar month. In this way, the Emperor of Heaven would think that the heavenly soldiers had set fire to the fire. On the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor of Heaven looked down and saw a red light on earth and a loud noise in the sky. This was the same for three consecutive nights, and he gave up thinking that the soldiers of heaven had set fire to the fire. Since then, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every family hangs lanterns to commemorate this day.
5. There is also a saying that there was an old man in Hebei province during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. This man was skillful and had a good skill in making lanterns. One year, he made a few pairs of lanterns to sell on the set, happened to be scattered in the street Gaocheng County uncle saw, they bought all the lanterns, hanging in the mansion. Because the lantern workmanship chic, magnificent, the county magistrate as treasures, love. This year, it was time to pay tribute to the emperor. The county magistrate was worried about what items to send to the emperor. His servant advised him to send several pairs of lanterns. County magistrate although a little reluctant, but had to bear the pain. Sure enough, the emperor took a fancy to, Longyan big Yue, Gaocheng magistrate, and the lantern as a tribute. Later, red lanterns were displayed inside and outside the palace. Hebei lanterns were designated as tributes and became special products of the imperial palace. Later, people changed the word "gong" to "Gong" and it became "palace lanterns".
Three, the kinds of lanterns
1, from the type of: palace lamp, gauze lamp, chandelier, etc.
2, from the modeling, there are figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, dragons and phoenix, fish and insects, etc.
3, there are special for people to enjoy the horse lantern. Integrated painting art, paper cutting, paper tying, sewing and other technologies.
4, the word surname lamp: one side of the lamp is the surname, the other side is the ancestor once held the official name. Such as surname "Xie" is prince Shao Bao, surname "Zheng" is Yanping Shao Wang, etc.
5, auspicious lamp: one side of the lamp is the surname or god's name, the other side is the eight immortals (Lv Dongbin, He Xiangu, etc.), Fu Lu Shou Samsung and other auspicious patterns.
6. Official lamp: the words and pictures drawn on the lamp are the same as those of the general lamp, but the bottom is black and the word is gold. Such lanterns can only be hung with the emperor's permission.
Four, and lanterns about the poem
1, the moon lantern mountain full imperial capital, Xiangche Bao cover pass thoroughfare. -- Tang Li Shangyin, "Watching the Lights and Enjoying the Journey"
2, thousands of doors unlocked million lights, the middle of the first month moving Beijing. -- Night Lamp on the Fifteenth Day of the First Lunar Month by Tang Zhang Hu
3, elaborate color far points, numerous light far fix day. -- Don Luzhao-lin, "Fifteen Nights of Light Observation"
4, last year Yuan night, the flower market lights as day. -- Song Dynasty. Shengzhazi by Ouyang Xiu
5, temporarily Jin Wu night, through the fire tree spring. -- -- don king 諲 "15 night view lamp"
6, different customs are not local customs, the New Year to change the old year. Thistle door to see the fire tree, suspected candle dragon burning. -- Meng Haoran of Tang Dynasty, "With Zhang Zhang's View of the Thistle Gate Lamp"
4, the lantern is the hope of people for a better life, is the symbol of auspicious auspicious and. Offering sacrifices to gods with lanterns began in the Western Han Dynasty and reached its peak in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, both the court and the people attached great importance to the Lantern Festival, and the custom of decorating lanterns, traveling and watching lanterns prevailed among the people. In the Song Dynasty, a variety of lantern styles such as shadow lantern and water lantern emerged. In the Ming Dynasty, people set up a lantern market for the Lantern Festival, and in the Qing Dynasty, no matter the royal palace, residential buildings or temples have their own unique lantern scenery.
2. The legend of Lanterns
1, there are many kinds of lantern legend, one is: the Lantern Festival custom began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty Ming Emperor Liu Zhuang advocating Buddhism, heard that the fifteenth day of the monks have a Buddhist view of the Buddha, light Buddha practice, he ordered this day night in the palace and temple light Buddha, also make the common people to hang lights. Later this Buddhist ritual gradually formed the folk grand lighting festival. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, in order to celebrate the prosperity of the country and the people, people tied lanterns with flashing lights to symbolize "colorful dragons, prosperity and prosperity of the people". The custom of lighting lanterns became popular since then.
2. There is also a legend that Jiang Ziya did not get any job after he was canonized as a god. He had to wait for a god to travel as a substitute. One year, on the 30th of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Ziya had no place to go, so the people, seeing his pity, lit a lamp on the top of a tall pole and asked him to stay up all night. Over time, the formation of thirty lantern custom.
3. Chinese lanterns have a long history. According to Wei Cuncheng, a famous Chinese archaeologist, Chinese lanterns are the earliest portable lighting tools invented in the world. The character "east" in the oracle bone inscriptions may be a depiction of the original lantern image. "The History of the South" recorded the sentence "hanging a lantern on the wall." Ge is the white coarse cloth woven with hemp, and the lantern made of it may be the prototype of the gauze lamp. Its purpose is to indicate the official title, number, identity of the door lamp (wind lamp).
4. There is also an interesting folk saying. A long time ago, there were many fierce birds and beasts, which hurt people and animals everywhere. So people organized themselves to fight them. A divine bird landed on earth because it was lost, but was shot to death by an unwitting hunter. The Emperor of Heaven was very angry when he knew about it. He issued a decree and ordered the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the earth on the fifteenth day of the first month, burning all the human and animal property on earth. The daughter of the emperor of Heaven was kind-hearted and could not bear to see the innocent suffering of the people, so she secretly came to the world and told everyone the news. At this time, a man came up with an idea. He asked people to decorate their homes, light firecrackers and set off fireworks on the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth days of the first lunar month. In this way, the Emperor of Heaven would think that the heavenly soldiers had set fire to the fire. On the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor of Heaven looked down and saw a red light on earth and a loud noise in the sky. This was the same for three consecutive nights, and he gave up thinking that the soldiers of heaven had set fire to the fire. Since then, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every family hangs lanterns to commemorate this day.
5. There is also a saying that there was an old man in Hebei province during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. This man was skillful and had a good skill in making lanterns. One year, he made a few pairs of lanterns to sell on the set, happened to be scattered in the street Gaocheng County uncle saw, they bought all the lanterns, hanging in the mansion. Because the lantern workmanship chic, magnificent, the county magistrate as treasures, love. This year, it was time to pay tribute to the emperor. The county magistrate was worried about what items to send to the emperor. His servant advised him to send several pairs of lanterns. County magistrate although a little reluctant, but had to bear the pain. Sure enough, the emperor took a fancy to, Longyan big Yue, Gaocheng magistrate, and the lantern as a tribute. Later, red lanterns were displayed inside and outside the palace. Hebei lanterns were designated as tributes and became special products of the imperial palace. Later, people changed the word "gong" to "Gong" and it became "palace lanterns".
Three, the kinds of lanterns
1, from the type of: palace lamp, gauze lamp, chandelier, etc.
2, from the modeling, there are figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, dragons and phoenix, fish and insects, etc.
3, there are special for people to enjoy the horse lantern. Integrated painting art, paper cutting, paper tying, sewing and other technologies.
4, the word surname lamp: one side of the lamp is the surname, the other side is the ancestor once held the official name. Such as surname "Xie" is prince Shao Bao, surname "Zheng" is Yanping Shao Wang, etc.
5, auspicious lamp: one side of the lamp is the surname or god's name, the other side is the eight immortals (Lv Dongbin, He Xiangu, etc.), Fu Lu Shou Samsung and other auspicious patterns.
6. Official lamp: the words and pictures drawn on the lamp are the same as those of the general lamp, but the bottom is black and the word is gold. Such lanterns can only be hung with the emperor's permission.
Four, and lanterns about the poem
1, the moon lantern mountain full imperial capital, Xiangche Bao cover pass thoroughfare. -- Tang Li Shangyin, "Watching the Lights and Enjoying the Journey"
2, thousands of doors unlocked million lights, the middle of the first month moving Beijing. -- Night Lamp on the Fifteenth Day of the First Lunar Month by Tang Zhang Hu
3, elaborate color far points, numerous light far fix day. -- Don Luzhao-lin, "Fifteen Nights of Light Observation"
4, last year Yuan night, the flower market lights as day. -- Song Dynasty. Shengzhazi by Ouyang Xiu
5, temporarily Jin Wu night, through the fire tree spring. -- -- don king 諲 "15 night view lamp"
6, different customs are not local customs, the New Year to change the old year. Thistle door to see the fire tree, suspected candle dragon burning. -- Meng Haoran of Tang Dynasty, "With Zhang Zhang's View of the Thistle Gate Lamp"