Related Activities of Chinese Lantern Festival Overseas
The traditional Chinese folk art is different in style and number. The related cultural activities is composed of various performances and folk activities, successfully present the deep traditional Chinese culture to the world, erecting a bridge between enriching the world culture and promoting exchanges of mankind civilization.
Related Activities of Lantern Festival
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Origin of the lantern
The origin of the Chinese lantern there don’t have a definite answer. Lantern is a kind of ancient lamps. Written records show that the use of lanterns dates back to the 8th century, Chinese Tang Dynasty. After that time the lanterns are wildly used in Chinese Qin and Han Dynasty. The paper Lantern may start from Eastern Han Dynasty when paper is invented. The custom of watching Lantern in the...
Singapore Lantern Festival SAFARI 2005 – The picture of Chinese Garden during the nighttime
Singapore Lantern Festival SAFARI 2005 was held for the celebrating of Chinese Garden’s 30th year. They were determined to make it the biggest and best show ever! Filled with over 1100 pieces of lanterns, from big to bigger to biggest, Tourists were immersed into this animal land with a touch of tradition from the moment they enter Chinse garden’s gates!
Lantern SAFARI 2005
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Singapore Lantern Festival SAFARI 2005 – The picture of Chinese Garden during the daytime
The summer is very hot in Singapore, but our Lantern craftsmen still finished their works on schedule. Now, The Chinese Garden looks like a really safari in the daytime. A variety of lifelike animals are gathered here, a amazing Lantern Festival will start.
Lantern SAFARI 2005 daytime
Now let’s come into the safari to watch The Chinese Garden mid-autumn Lantern Festival 2005 picture of Chinese...
Singapore Lantern Festival SAFARI 2005 – The picture of Installing lanterns in Singapore Chinese Garden
After the initial production of the Singapore Lantern Festival SAFARI 2005 in China Zigong, the other Chinese Lanterns which didn’t facilitate cross-border transport, began its production in Singapore Chinese Garden. When all the lanterns were completed, we started the installation.
Lantern SAFARI 2005 - The parts of dragon lantern
The following pictures are about the post-production of Chinese...
Singapore Lantern Festival SAFARI 2005 – The picture of production process in China, Zigong
In June 2005, our craftsmen of Zigong has already begun preparations for the Singapore Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns. There are some picture about the production process of Singapore Lantern Festival SAFARI 2005 in China, Zigong. (The door-god and fairy)
the metallic structure of door-god
The Chinese Garden mid-autumn Lantern Festival 2005 picture is about one of the lantern making step – paperhanging,...
Lantern Festival SAFARI 2005 in Singapore Chinese Garden
Each year, Singapore Chinese Garden is transformed into a magical land of lights and lanterns during Chinese mid-autumn (Lantern) Festival in August / September. Lantern Festival SAFARI 2005 in Singapore Chinese Garden aslo opened at the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to the name – Lantern Festival SAFARI, we kown that year’s theme was about the safari. That was the largest Chinese Lantern...
How to make paper lantern(Square)
I’ll try to provide some knowledge of lantern making. Today, we talk about How to make paper lantern(Square), the production method is similar to Chinese lanterns, if you are very good at origami, that will be very easy.
The lantern can be used as lighting in the home. To make the paper lantern,the best material is use of the polypropylene material. However, if we just want to make a little paper...
How to make lantern(use waste material)
I’ll try to provide some knowledge of lantern making. Today, we talk about how to use the waste material to make a lantern, I think it’s very similar to the production methodof Chinese lanterns.
Material:
A Coke bottle(about 2L)
A red light bulb(15-25w, with bulb holder , plug and some wire)
An A4 paper which was printed with patterns (Example using a bamboo pattern)
A scissors.
A piece...
Picture of International Lantern Festival at the Greater Vancouver
These are some pictures of International Lantern Festival 2008 at the Greater Vancouver. We offer some pictures which were collected from the internet. The Vancouver Chinese Lantern Festival this year was the 2rd in Canada Chinese Lantern Festival, the first is Toronto Rogers Chinese Lantern Festival which was started from 2006 to 2008.
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