Chinese lantern culture
The invention of lamps and lanterns has close relationship
with the fact that people got to undersdand 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 vaious activities but also makes good chances for
beasts to attack people. Try to imagine how our ancestors who
lived in primitive forests sworn at darkness.. Several hundred
thousand years ago, as human beings kept improving their
understanding of the function of natural fire, fire became
people’s treature to eat prepared food and the only tool for
lighting and dispelling darkness. In the long time of living
experiences and when the way of artificially collecting fire
was found, people initiated borrowing some auxiliary devices
to fix fire source for different needs. These auxiliary device
used to fix fire source underwent constant renovation and
evolution, finally, special-purpose lamps and lanterns for
linghting came into being.
Hi Susanbaby. I saw you on another forum thread and checked out your profile. I agree with Cindi-this topic would make a great hub. Very interesting.
