Ming and Qing Dynasties were another most prosperous period in Chinese history. The lamp utensils in the dynasties were richer than those in Tang and Song Dynasties. Chinese Palace lantern with the features of lighting and appreciation reached its most splendor peak. Varieties of pottery, metal, glass, and wooden candleholder were beautiful in shape and magnificent in decoration. Chinese ancient lamps...

Lanterns in Sui Dynasty In Sui Dynasty, lantern festival declined or flourished from time to time. emperor Suiwendi (581—604) forbid the lantern festival while Suiyangdi was fond of it. On every Jan 15th of lunar calendar, Suiyangdi (569—618) would order to hold grand lantern show. Lantern shed, drama stage stretched 4km starting from the palace gate. Actors and actresses were more than 30000,...

After discovery of the fire, the fire became the source of lamp, the lamp is the source of Chinese lantern. Sprouting of lamp The conservation of live cinder and collective use of fire laid a foundation for lamp. One million seven hundred thousand years ago, the first fire human ancestors ignited could be called the first artificial light source—lamp. In the site of Haiyuan Stone Age in Ningxia (about...

After our reform project, you can find 4 main theme about Chinese lanterns in the 7 halls of Chinese Lantern Museum,  the history of Chinese lanterns, Zigong Lantern Festival, Chinese lantern crafts, Chinese lantern complexes. If you do not have a chance to get there, you can follow my photos tour Chinese Lantern Museum. [Show as slideshow] [View with PicLens] ...

In 2008 Chinese Lantern Museum reformed, about 9 imitation lanterns heritages were collected into Chinese Lantern Museum. This post recored the imitation lanterns heritages in Chinese Lantern Museum. 1. The Warring States Camel Copper lights diameter 8.9 cm high 19.2 A Hall Camel Copper lights 2. Warring States Bronze Phoenix-shaped Lamp Hall A high 23.3 cm Bronze Phoenix-shaped Light 3. Qin Dynasty....

After Chinese Lantern Museum reformed in 2008, 10 new lantern heritages were collected into this museum, comparing to the original lantern heritages, their age were not very old. Most of them were borned in Period of the Repbulic of China and Qing Dynasty. The latest collection lantern heritages in Chinese Lantern Museum 1. Period of the Repbulic of China . Pastel flowers menorah 220mm × 270mm B...

Chinese Lantern Museum has 7 exhibition halls in the museum after reform, the A and B halls exhibited the heritages of Chinese lanterns. I’ll show all of them in this post. This post recorded the 26 original lantern heritages in Chinese Lantern Museum 1. Western Han Dynasty. Changxing Palace Lamp ( Gilt Bronze Human-Shaped Lamp) high 53 cm wide 35 cm length 40 cm in A Hall (Can rotation) Changxing...

The Chinese Lantern Museum is located in the Zigong Colorful Lantern Park. The city Zigong is the hometown of Chinese Lantern Festival, know more about Zigong Lantern Festival. The Chinese Lantern Museum is the only lantern museum in China. Because Lanterns, Dinosaurs, Solt are the symbol of Zigong. The Chinese Lantern Museum was built in 1992 and reformed in 2008. In the museum collected many Chinese...

Three Asian countries’ lanterns can show all the characteristics of oriental lantern, they are Chinese lanterns, Japanese lanterns, and Indian lanterns. No.1 Oriental Lantern – Chinese Lantern Chinese lanterns are the most famous lantern in the world, it’s also the most wildly used lanterns, generally used for the Lantern Festivals, and outdoor decoration, Chinese lanterns are made...

Today, I’ll try to write something about Chinese lantern making, in China, the Chinese lanterns has two using ways. The first way of using Chinese lanterns are the environmental decorations, the second way of using Chinese lanterns are in the Lantern Festival. They looked completely different. Traditional Chinese Lantern lantern complex in Lantern Festival The traditional Chinese lanterns were...