Why does most traditional Chinese lantern has 8 surface?
Today, my foreign friends asked that why does most traditional Chinese lantern has 8 surface? I had not noticed this problem before, but I think it’s because the following two reasons.
1. Octagonal Chinese lanterns framework can save material( if you use 3dsmax to create a octagonal Chinese lanterns you will find it), keep firm structure and ensure lanterns looks like a round. In China round...
The cultural characteristics of Chinese lanterns
In modern time, the Chinese lanterns is not easy to use that kinds of lamps, but why we still use Chinese lanterns in many places? The cultural characteristics of Chinese lanterns is the reason.
Maybe some one will ask that what’s the cultural characteristics of Chinese lanterns?
When we talk about Chinese lanterns, we will certainly think about the red color and festive atmosphere. The following...
Temple of Heaven lantern working drawing
Temple of Heaven is a famous landmark building of China, we made it too many times in the Lantern Festival for it’s too popular in the world. In Canada Chinese Lantern Festival, the pictures of Temple of Heaven lantern was used to be the publicity stunts, and help this festival got a great success.
Temple of Heaven lantern in Canada Chinese Lantern Festival
The temple complex of Temple of...
Singapore Lantern Festival
As an international metropolis with many local Chinese, Singapore held the Lantern Festival every year, the festival usually took place in Chinese new year, Lantern Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival at 3 places: Chinatown (牛车水), Singapore River and Chinese Garden where have many local Chinese.
Singapore Lantern Festival
Singapore Lantern Festival is very famous in Southeast Asia, and bring a...
The Origination and Development of Chinese Folk Lanterns
Chinese folk lanterns initiated from palace lanterns and palace lanterns originated from the custom of hanging lanterns at the night of the 15th of the 1st lunar month (Yuanxiao Jie / Lantern Festival) around in East Han dynasty.
About the origination of Yuanxiao Festival, generally there are three versions: one is that Yuanxiao Festival was to offer a sacrifice to the Heaven, another version...
Chinese Lantern Culture
Chinese lantern culture has a long history, the invention of lamps and lanterns has close relationship with the fact that people got to understand and made use of fire. The invention of lamps and lanterns presupposes human being’s cognition and preservation of fire. Darkness has never been our friends since remote past. It does not only limits people’s various activities but also makes good chances...
Celebration Lantern Design
In China, the Lantern Festival often hold by the Chinese Government, so the Celebration Lantern Design often shows China is rich and power, and our people’s happiness, that’s full of political elements and political slogans. In the young people’s eyes, it’s very silly, they don’t like this design. I think so, it’s not appeal to young men, but it’s existence...
A glass bottles lantern – Kylin Presenting Luck
Kylin Presenting Luck is a lantern sets on Zigong Lantern Festival, Zigong Lantern Festivals facture unigue materials in manufacfuring. The Kylins in different manner and modelling are, to your surprise, formed by 800,000 glass bottles. It comes true to turn waste into mystery.
Kylin lantern
Kylin Presenting Luck often exhibtioned outside China, it’s very popular in Environmentalists. And it...
Tortoise Lantern
According to an ancient books’ animals, a grand canyon without bottom lay to the East of Bahai sea. The five mountains in the canyon often drifted with the tide. There for, the emperor in the Heaven commanded fifteen giant tortoises to hold them up on the backs. From then on, the countains kept motionless. The Lantern Festival after Song Dynasty took the story into lanterns. Generally, the modelling...
The most beautiful lantern in the world
I’m a craftsmen of Chinese Lantern Festival, I have saw various lanterns, now few lanterns can move my heart , ‘Where is the most beautiful lantern? ‘ I think it does not exist. But a lantern complex in Zigong Lantern Festival this year is too beautiful, after I saw it, ‘Yes, the most beautiful lantern must is it‘ I think. I’m so excited that it was long before he...
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