Red paper lanterns are symbols of wealth, fame, and prosperity. Red lanterns are used to celebrate occasions of joy and harmony, such as weddings, opening a business, family reunions, as well as the celebration of some festivals.
Yellow lanterns were mostly used in palaces in imperial times in China. It is now said that yellow lanterns can bring good luck to young students in school. In Chinese culture, white is related to death or funerals.
So, white bamboo lanterns were often used at funerals in China. Green lanterns are often seen during temple fairs or the Lantern Festival. Green has meanings of health, prosperity, and harmony. Green lanterns are becoming more and more popular nowadays.
Although there is no longer a practical need for Chinese lanterns nowadays for lighting, they are still made, used, and enjoyed by the Chinese people during festivals or important events. The Lantern Festival is one of the best days to view Chinese lanterns.
The custom of viewing lantern displays on the evening of the Lantern Festival has a history of almost 2, years, since the Han Dynasty. It was a great event traditionally. Guessing lantern riddles is one of the most interesting activities of the Lantern Festival. People gather under the hanging lanterns to compete to be the one who figures out the most lantern riddle answers. Want to make a Chinese paper lantern to decorate your house?
Here are simple instructions for making a paper lantern with a sheets of red and yellow paper. Materials needed: A4 sheets of red and yellow or gold paper 1 of each , a pencil and a ruler, scissors, and glue.
After that, use the scissors to cut along the lines. Roll the yellow paper lengthwise to form a tube, which is the center of the lantern. Then use some glue to fix the tube.
Open the red paper and match the yellow tube with the red paper at one end. Use the glue to make them secure.
Glue the other end of the red paper to the yellow tube, making the red paper shorter than the tube, so that the strips cut with the scissors spread out. Cut off the excess part of the yellow tube at the bottom or you can also leave it as a decorative part of the lantern. Make the handle of the lantern using the excess part of the yellow paper.
Lanterns made during this time period in Europe were made to accommodate the use of whale oil, kerosene and candles. If you look to buy a lantern at a retail store, most of the lanterns you can buy are replicas from this time period.
You may have even inherited some antique and vintage lanterns and lamps from your grandparents. Lanterns have been made with a variety of materials throughout history using paper, wood, bamboo, animal hide, terracotta or clay.
Before electricity, popular light sources in lanterns would be a candle, or a wick soaked in nut oil, fish oil, olive oil, kerosene or whale oil. Paper lanterns have been frequently used in China for a large portion of recorded history.
Paper lanterns for the Chinese people have not changed drastically since ancient times. The most popular paper lantern style from China is called the Suzhou-style Lantern. Many spherical style lanterns that you see today would be considered Suzhou-style. These lanterns are traditionally and continually ornate in their design, and can be made in a variety of shapes beyond the spherical lantern shape.
Oil lanterns were used about as popularly as candle lanterns, but obviously more durable and were able to provide a brighter light. These antique lamps and lanterns would frequently leak oil. Two of the most popular styles of oil lamps used during this time were the Betty style lamp, and later the center draft lamp. Oil lamps even became a status symbol once whale oil was developed and used for lighting.
The Betty lamp was designed to be an improvement on the cruise style lamp, and was widely used during the 18th and 19th centuries. It was made of various types of metals, such as tin, copper or bronze.
Not all needs for light are the same. Lanterns were answers to some specific needs that artificial light sources needed to fulfill. And they did it pretty well if we can judge by how long they are in use. Read all about lanterns. Lantern had use in human life for a very long time.
It was designed, before everything, in a practical way - to shield the flame that was burning in it and, in some versions, to enable portability of light.
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