Lantern, also known as lantern. Lantern is a traditional folk handicraft originated in China. In ancient times, its main function was lighting. The outer skin of lanterns is made of paper or silk, and the skeleton is usually made of bamboo strips or wooden strips, with candles or light bulbs inserted in the middle to become lighting tools. Influenced by the culture of China, lanterns are also quite common items in temples in Asian Chinese areas and many countries.
Lantern is the product of China ancient traditional culture, which has both life function and artistic characteristics. Lantern is an important entertainment culture of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. It rewards God and entertains the public. It not only has the function of "Nuo opera" to reward the gods, but also has the value of entertaining people. In modern society, it is hung more than festivals such as Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, adding luster to festive days and praying for peace.
In 20 12, xingning city was awarded the "hometown of lanterns in China".
Lanterns, also known as "colored lights" and "lanterns". It is a cultural product of Chinese traditional agricultural era, with both life function and artistic characteristics.
Lantern is an important entertainment culture of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. It rewards God and entertains people. It not only has the function of "Nuo opera", but also has the value of entertaining people. It is a treasure of China folk culture.
Lantern Festival originated from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who set up an altar in the palace on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to worship the most distinguished sun god at that time. Because it is held all night, it is necessary to light all night, which is the beginning of Lantern Festival lighting. After Buddhism was introduced to China from India, due to the combination of Taoist immortal skills and the piety of burning lanterns to worship Buddha, on the night of the fifteenth day of the first month, urban and rural areas were brightly lit, and gentry and ordinary people hung lanterns, forming a unique custom of combining Chinese and Western.
Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China. At this time, all kinds of lanterns are hung on the street with colorful colors. Most of Fang Sheng's lanterns are themed with birds, fish, insects and flowers on the pavilion. It is made of dyed paper and decorated with gorgeous stripes of various colors.
Modern lantern art has gradually separated from the traditional lantern practice, creating works of art with unique local flavor. It is very difficult to create, the technology involved is more complicated, and the materials used are wider and more vivid.
The creation of modern lanterns must integrate professional disciplines such as structure, mechanics, electricity, aesthetics, materials science and creativity, which is the most difficult of all artistic creations. However, because the Lantern Festival attracts millions of tourists every year, it is one of the most attractive sightseeing activities in Taiwan Province Province and one of the most representative artistic projects in Taiwan Province Province.
The grand occasion of folk song and dance performances such as tea lanterns and floor flower drums is recorded in the local chronicles of Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are two forms of performance: one is "Ugly, Dancing Singing" with characters' stories, which are called Dihuagu, Mazhu Lantern, Pairing and Pairing Lantern; The second is the collective song and dance with arm steps, which is customarily called "swinging lights" and "jumping lights". These folk song and dance forms, such as ground flower drums and lanterns, have evolved over a long period of time, and some of them have absorbed the rules of China traditional operas and gradually developed into flower drum operas.
Others retain the singing and dancing features of Lantern Festival, and perform the stories of China traditional operas, which are called "Lantern Festival" and "Lantern Festival". Due to the differences of natural geographical environment and the imbalance of historical, political, economic and cultural development, as well as the differences of dialects, music materials and styles in the spread areas and the influence of neighboring sister arts, various lantern operas have their own characteristics in repertoire theme, aria structure and performance characteristics, and their historical development processes are also different.