In the Lantern Festival, you may accompany your family to go to the park, temple fair, ancient streets and other places to watch all kinds of lantern fireworks. Let's take a look at the following handbill on Lantern Festival lanterns , welcome to learn from it!
Lantern Festival lanterns handbook 1
Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month of the Lantern Festival has the custom of lanterns, streets and alleys, red lanterns hanging high, there are palace lanterns, animal head lanterns, horse lanterns, flower lanterns, bird and bird lanterns and so on, attracting the masses of lanterns. If you have time, it is a good idea to make your own lanterns. Lantern production process is relatively complex, different varieties of lanterns, their materials, production process are different. But from the *** sexual aspects summarized, the Lantern Festival lantern production methods generally include the following links:
1, selection
(1) will be placed in the steam room (or heating half an hour), and then take out, placed in a cool place to dry, but shall not be excessively dry, and can not be placed in the sun under the strong light.
(2) planing the skin to cut the degree: planing the rough skin, cut the bamboo strips of the required length, depending on the size of the lantern.
2. Tie the skeleton
Weave the frame in a crosswise manner to complete the lantern, and in the middle of the frame, tie several circles of bamboo on the wall of the lantern.
3, making the lantern body
In the store to buy a few white, red rice paper or gilded rice paper, cut to meet the length and width of the lantern skeleton, you can design your own pattern. Calligraphy, painting, paper-cutting, can be in a small lantern on the show. After gluing, you can also use narrow strips of imitation damask paper up and down the edges, looks more elegant, very much like the ancient palace lanterns. If not too good at calligraphy and painting, there is a simple way to reference. Use a sheet of thin paper to trace the desired characters on the posters, and then overlap this sheet of thin paper and crimson rice paper together, with a single-edged blade to dig out the characters. Remove the thin paper, and the red rice paper appears to be skeletonized with the lettering. Use white rice paper as the body of the lamp, red rice paper glued inside, candlelight or light from the openwork reflected, the effect is quite beautiful.
4, make the light source
If you put it indoors, you just need to light a regular candle in the lantern; if you want to carry it out, it's best to make a simple circuit with a light bulb and batteries. It may look a little rough, but lighting up a lantern of your own in the Lantern Festival, eh ~ a different flavor!
5, laminating
first diluted glue, evenly brushed on the surface of the skeleton, and then laminating cotton gauze, that is, the cut gauze lightly attached to the lamp frame, and then use a brush with glue to brush the flat, and then finally paste two layers of paper for lanterns with a single glossy (such as the absence of a single glossy paper, fine cotton paper can also be.) Note that the brush must be clean to brush the glue, and the paper must be glued without seams to be considered truly finished laminating.
6, dry
The lanterns will be placed in a cool, ventilated place to dry.
7, painting
(1) Painting or cutting and pasting: personalized pattern painting or cutting and pasting, such as figures, eight immortals, birds and flowers, ladies and so on.
(2) writing text: after painting, depending on the situation to decide whether to write text. When the text, the pattern is completely dry, the lantern is completed.
In fact, as long as the light can be transmitted, there is no limit to the production of lantern materials, even fruits, discarded cardboard boxes, aluminum cans can be used as materials, so there is unlimited imagination of the changes in the lantern.
Lantern Festival lanterns handbook 2
The night of the 15th day of the first month of the Lunar Calendar is the traditional celebration of China's folk Lantern Festival, also known as the Festival of Lights. In ancient times, once the New Year, every household was decorated with lanterns, celebrating together. At that time, hanging lights on the door, in addition to lighting during the festival, mostly to add a festive atmosphere. From the New Year's Eve to the first month of the fifteenth, a lot of folk activities and lights together, to the Lantern Festival on this day people not only eat Lantern, Lantern, Lantern is also a continuation of the folklore of more than 2,000 years, so commonly known as the "Festival of Lights".
The custom of burning lamps began in the Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, Shun Di years, Zhang Daoling created Taoism, the first month of the fifteenth designated as the "Festival of the first yuan", the day to burn lamps to sacrifice "Taiyi God". This custom has been followed through the generations, to the Sui Dynasty, every year, but also held a grand Lantern Festival, to entertain the ambassadors
Lantern Festival has become the Lantern Festival to the middle of the Tang Dynasty has become a custom. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty in the first two years (713 years) on the 15th of the first month to reopen the curfew, ordered to point thousands of lanterns, open lights for three nights, becoming a moment of prosperity. To the Northern Song dynasty Qiande years, the time of the lanterns and increased to five nights. Started at fourteen, ended at eighteen. More prosperous. Therefore, there is a "Song when soup dumplings Sui lights" said. And in the Song Dynasty appeared riddles, riddles tied to the lamp, so that people in the light of the occasion accompanied by riddles, more fun. The word "lantern riddle" is derived from this. Ming Yongle seven years, the court issued an edict "Lantern Festival since the 11th, give the festival holiday ten days." It became the longest Lantern Festival of all times, and also formed a national festival. In the Qing Dynasty, the Lantern Festival Holiday was changed to four days, but the festival did not diminish. From the first month "thirteen on the lamp, fourteen test lamp, fifteen lamp." Has been lively to the "eighteen down lights" the entire New Year Festival is considered to be the curtain.
Lantern Festival lanterns handbook 3
The first month of the fifteenth really lively, people guessing lantern riddles, eat Lanterns, Lanterns, firecrackers, it is really a thousand light light tree, the bright moon by people.
The view in front of me on the road is simply astonishing. The best portrayal of the day, the daytime bare trees, grass, like magic as vivid up. Grass on the ground is full of life, the trunk of the tree is very bright colors, there are red, yellow, green, and colorful.
We came to the gate of the park with the flow of people watching the lights. First of all, into the eyes of the two coiled in the entrance of the lifelike golden snake, golden very striking, a big snake head, thick snake body, long snake tail, especially its red, huge snake letter, but also hung a golden word of blessing, as if in the wish people in the new year of life and health.
Further inside, the lights are getting brighter and brighter, the style of lanterns are more and more, some like a tall Christmas tree, some like a mighty lion, some like a flying dragon, but also carp jump Dragon Gate, the dragon and phoenix, the five valleys of abundance. In the central square, around a circle of red red lanterns hanging around, each with a small golden snake dancing, right in the center there is a huge lantern, up and down are encrusted with golden auspicious cloud pattern, the middle of the inverted word of blessing, streaming, red red lanterns set off the golden auspicious clouds and the word of blessing, golden auspicious clouds and the word of blessing embellished in the lanterns, a faction of good luck and festive. I was curious and asked: Mom, why is the word "Fu" upside down? Mom said while walking: the word of blessing upside down in the folklore there is a legend. Zhu Zhang, the founder of Ming Dynasty, used the Chinese character "福" as a secret mark to prepare for murder. In order to eliminate this disaster, the kind-hearted Empress Ma ordered the whole city to put a lucky character on their doors before dawn. So all the families put the word of good fortune on their doors. One of the families could not read and write, but actually put the word of blessing upside down. The next day, the emperor sent people to check the streets and found that all the families had put up the word of good fortune, and one family had put up the word of good fortune upside down. The emperor was furious at the report and immediately ordered the imperial guards to decapitate that family. Queen Ma saw that things are not good, busy to Zhu Yuan Zhang said: that family knows that you visit today, deliberately put the word of blessing upside down, this is not the meaning of the blessing to? When the emperor heard that it made sense, he ordered the release of the people, and a big disaster was finally eliminated. From then on, people will be posted upside down, one for good luck, the second to commemorate Empress Ma. I heard it and said: Oh, so there is such an interesting story.
We walked, laughed and watched, in this sea of lights, the world of lights, everywhere full of happiness and joy.
Lantern Festival Lantern Handbook 4
"Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, red hot over the New Year", the annual Lantern Festival is coming again. Look, every house is decorated with lights and colors, and everyone's face is full of joyful smiles to welcome this wonderful festival. Although the weather is still a little cold, the cold can't stop people's enthusiasm. Look, men, women, old and young, the whole family came out to see the lanterns!
Our family is no exception, with the flow of laughter to the lively Drum Tower Square. I finally really experienced what is called a sea of people, crowded, crowded like a tide! This was also the first time I saw such a variety of lanterns, so surprising. Big ones, small ones, white ones, flowery ones, pull ones, lift ones, it was too much to see. The colorful and varied lanterns were a real feast for the eyes! There is a small rooster lamp with head held high, there is a naughty and cute monkey lamp, there is a lively puppy lamp, there is a gentle and elegant kitten lamp ...... The most conspicuous and numerous of these lamps are, of course, the various kinds of rabbit lamps.
The form of the rabbit lamps are different, some lying down, balled up into a small pom-pom; some head, as if proudly said: "Oh, this year's Lantern Festival I am the protagonist!" Some hands are still playing with a small ball, see how vigorously it played ah! There are also to us to pay tribute to the New Year, is really lifelike, alive and well, God! Rabbit lights in different colors, brilliant, red, blue, pink, white, purple, can be beautiful! My mom and I also bought a small rabbit lamp to carry. Don't look at it small, but also quite beautiful, wearing a red dot dress, the back also inserted a pair of wings, as if the Chang'e sister sent a small angel. Lighting the small candle inside the lamp, the beautiful little angel looks more charming! I really like my rabbit lamp!
Listen to my mom said, the Lantern Festival pull rabbit lamp heralds good luck, ancient times, people buy rabbit lamp, praying for the gods to bless the next year, the country and the people are safe, family harmony, a good harvest. I think the rabbit lamp in my hand will also bless our family in the Year of the Rabbit, peaceful and healthy!
Lantern Festival Lantern Handbook 5
Origin of Lantern Festival Lanterns (I)
During the Yongping years of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty (58-175 A.D.), as Emperor Ming was advocating the Dharma, it coincided with Cai Chuan's return from India, where he had sought Buddhism, and claimed that On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the country of Magadha, monks gathered to venerate the relics of the Buddha, an auspicious time to visit the Buddha. Han Mingdi in order to promote Buddhism, ordered the night of the fifteenth day of the first month in the palace and the temple "burning lamps to show Buddha". Therefore, the custom of burning lamps on the night of the 15th day of the first month of the first month of the year has gradually expanded in China with the expansion of the influence of Buddhist culture and the addition of Taoist culture.
Origin of Lantern Festival lanterns (2)
It is also said that the Lantern Festival originated from the "Torch Festival", the Han Dynasty people in the countryside and fields with torches to drive away insects and beasts, hoping to alleviate insect pests, praying for a good harvest. Until today, people in some areas of southwestern China still make torches out of reed wood or tree branches on the 15th day of the first month, and dance in groups holding up the torches in the fields or sunbathing yards. Since the Sui, Tang and Song dynasties, the festival has been very popular. Tens of thousands of people participated in the songs and dances, from dusk to dawn, to the end of the obscure. When with the changes in society and the times, the Lantern Festival customs and habits have long had a big change, but is still a traditional Chinese folk festival.
Lantern Festival lanterns handbills 6
1, walking horse lamp
gallop lamp ancient known as the coiled chi dragon lamp (Qin and Han), Xianyin candles and turn heron lamp (Tang), horse riding lamp (Song), the Han Chinese characteristics of the handicrafts, but also one of the traditional festival toys, belonging to the lanterns of a kind. Commonly used in Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and other festivals. Candles are lit inside the lanterns, and the heat generated by the candles creates air currents that cause the axle to rotate. There are paper cutouts on the axle, and the candlelight projects the shadows of the paper cutouts on the screen, so the image keeps moving. Because more in the lamp on each side of the drawing of ancient military generals on horseback, and when the lamp rotates looks as if a few people are chasing each other, so the name of the horse lantern. The candles inside the lanterns need to be cut into small pieces and put into the lanterns should be placed correctly, do not put diagonally.
2, dice lamp
3, round lamp
4, knife lamp
knife lamp is in accordance with the legend of the life of the God of Guan used the blue dragon crescent knife and made into. It and carry lamps, rabbit lamps together with the tour, there is a metaphor for the protection of peace. Here, the custom of lamp tour has a history of four or five hundred years, from the first month of the 13th to 15th night, starting from the front door of the village, first from the village of the lamp tour, tour through the four villages.
5, rabbit lamp
Rabbit lamp for three heads side by side **** one, the middle head is very large, commonly known as "rabbit woman", the two sides of the head is smaller, so called "fine rabbit". Bamboo gabions for the skeleton, red, white and green paper paste, inserted in the wick, lighted and carried away. Legend has it that this is someone looking forward to children eager to rabbit will give birth to a child as a symbol of the meaning of having many children and grandchildren, passed down to this day.