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Anonymous users2024-02-12Chinese lanterns, also collectively known as lanterns, are an ancient traditional Chinese handicraft. During the Chinese New Year, every household will hang red lanterns, then you knowPay attention to hanging lanterns during the New YearWhat are they? Why do you want to hang lanterns during the Chinese New Year?
What is the implication? Let's find out.
What are the particulars of hanging lanterns during the New Year?
Lanterns originated in the Western Han Dynasty, and with the development of lantern styles, there are many kinds, and the lanterns used at specific times are also different, such as New Year's lanterns, Lantern Festival lanterns and so on. It can be used in festive places, and the style is also used flexibly. The words on the outside of the lantern can be flexibly changed according to the theme activities, such as when getting married, when adding Ding, and when making birthdays, you can change different themes to echo it.
With the exception of lanterns that are used as street lamps (which are rarely seen these days), most of the lanterns used in homes are in pairs, and there are also some activities that are numerous. With the current development, there are fewer and fewer lanterns with open flames, and they are generally light lamps or light sources such as LEDs. It's convenient and safe.
Indoor lanterns should be small, not too noisy. The position of the hanging should not be too low to affect the line of sight and traffic. The lantern at the outdoor door should be commensurate with the door, and the lantern with a large door can be relatively large.
The height of the hanging is the top of the door, so it should not be too low.
The origin of hanging lanterns during the Spring Festival
Chinese New Year lanterns are also collectively known as lanterns. Originated in the Western Han Dynasty more than 1,800 years ago, around the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, people hang Spring Festival lanterns symbolizing the meaning of reunion to create a festive atmosphere. Later, the lantern became a symbol of Chinese festivities.
Through the inheritance and development of generations of lantern artists, a rich variety and superb craftsmanship have been formed. From the types: palace lamps, yarn lamps, chandeliers and so on.
In terms of modeling, there are characters, landscapes, flowers and birds, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc., in addition to the marquee lanterns for people to enjoy.
The meaning of hanging lanterns during the Spring Festival
Red lanterns are hung during the Spring Festival to create a festive atmosphere. Later, the lantern became a symbol of Chinese festivities. Through the inheritance and development of generations of lantern artists, a rich variety and superb craftsmanship have been formed.
From the types: palace lamps, yarn lamps, chandeliers and so on. In terms of modeling, there are characters, landscapes, flowers and birds, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc., in addition to the marquee lanterns for people to enjoy.
So is there anything special about hanging lanterns?
China's lanterns integrate the art of painting, paper-cutting, paper tie, thorn and other crafts, representing festivity, and because the pronunciation of "lamp" and "ding" is similar, it means that people are prosperous. Therefore, it is also used to pray for the birth of children. In the past, every house had a character lamp, which hung under the eaves and in the living room.
In the era of Japanese occupation, patriots painted folk tales on lanterns to teach their children and grandchildren about their own culture, so it has the significance of passing on the torch from generation to generation.
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Anonymous users2024-02-11Red lanterns, which symbolize reunion, are hung during the Spring Festival to create a festive atmosphere. Later, the lantern became a symbol of happiness for the Chinese. Through the inheritance and development of generations of lantern artists, a rich variety and exquisite craftsmanship have been formed.
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Anonymous users2024-02-10Originally, the Chinese New Year was to deal with monsters, and monsters would run away when they saw red items, and hanging red lanterns would make monsters see red light from a distance, so they would not dare to approach.
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Anonymous users2024-02-09The lantern is a traditional decoration, very festive, hanging the lantern on such a festive day as the New Year, symbolizing the prosperity of the new year, with auspicious implications.
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Anonymous users2024-02-08The red lantern symbolizes prosperity, prosperity, happiness, light, fulfillment, and wealth, so during the Chinese New Year, people will hang red lanterns, which is a New Year's custom that has continued to this day. In addition, the lanterns are hung during the New Year to create a festive atmosphere.
Hanging lanterns during the New Year is a deep-rooted habit among the people and an indispensable part of the New Year. Red lanterns are usually hung on the Lantern Festival, but in some areas, red lanterns are already hung on Chinese New Year's Eve.
There is such a legend about hanging lanterns for the New Year:
In ancient times, there was a monster called "Nian" that always attacked the people's villages, and even harmed the lives of the people, so the people thought of several ways to drive away this monster, until later, the people found that this monster was afraid of red things, and was more afraid of the sound of firecrackers. Therefore, people began to hang red lanterns, paste red spring couplets, set off firecrackers, etc., and began to drive away monsters, and over time, it became a custom for the New Year.
There is also a legend that after Jiang Ziya was sealed as a god, he didn't have any position, just a substitute. Later, the gods of the Chinese New Year's Eve were all in place, and only Jiang Ziya had nowhere to go, so the people saw him pitiful, so they lit a lamp at the head of the high pole and let him squat under the lamp for a night. Hence the custom of lighting lanterns.
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Anonymous users2024-02-07Summary. Hello, dear, I am happy to answer your questions, because hanging lanterns during the New Year is a deep-rooted habit of the people and an indispensable part of the New Year's flavor. Chinese New Year lanterns are also collectively known as lanterns.
Every year around the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, people hang Spring Festival lanterns that symbolize the meaning of reunion to create a festive atmosphere.
Hello, dear, I'm glad that Qiaoling answers your questions, because hanging lanterns during the New Year is a deep-rooted habit of the people and an indispensable part of the New Year's flavor. Chinese New Year lanterns are also collectively known as lanterns. Every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, before and after the Lantern Festival, people hang Spring Festival lanterns that symbolize the meaning of reunion to create a festive atmosphere.
There are many kinds of theories about the origin of the lanterns, and one of the more widely spread is that the custom of playing lanterns during the Lantern Festival began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Liu Zhuang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the Eastern Han Dynasty, advocated Buddhism, and heard that Buddhism has the practice of the monks on the fifteenth day of the first month to view the relics of the Buddha and light the lamps to worship the Buddha, so they ordered to light the lanterns and worship the Buddha in the palace and temple on this night, so that the common people of the scholar clan all hung the lanterns. Later, this kind of Buddhist ritual festival gradually formed a folk grand festival.
The festival has experienced the development process from the court to the people, from the Central Plains to the whole country. During the Tang Kaiyuan period, in order to celebrate the peace of the country and the people, people tied the lanterns, and by the flickering lights, they were like empty expeditions to "Cailong Zhaoxiang, the people of Fu and the country were strong", and the lantern atmosphere became widely popular since then.
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