Chinese lantern culture

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   susanbabyposted 13 years ago

   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.
   
   
   
   
   

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      cindi hposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Interesting topic but you should really expand on it and make it a hub.

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   susanbabyposted 13 years ago

   Thanks Cindi
   
   Will do it when i have time

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   Denise Handlonposted 13 years ago

   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. 

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   susanbabyposted 13 years ago

   Thanks Denise
   
   I am a new one here, actually have no idea how to do it, but will try...
   
   Also, the key problem is might be i am not good at English.

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   susanbabyposted 13 years ago

   The earliest lamps of China appeared in the Warring States.
   Since then, the development has never stopped. Lamps and lanterns
   and their models in dynasties were unearthed and discovered in the
   whole nation. Plenty of archaeological statistics show that the
   ancient China lamps and lanterns feature varieties of types and
   obvious functions as well as different trendency of times. Many of
   them deserve to be called elegant artistic wares with novel style
   and special shape. These lamps and lanterns not only provide real
   object materials for us to research the development of China ancient
   lamps and lanterns but also embody the folk cultural details in
   different times. Particularsly since the custom of hanging lanterns
   on 15th of the 1st lunar month happened in Han Dynasty, lantern
   making has never undergone recession in any dynasties. Till today
   when modern lamps and lanterns have been highly advanced, lanterns
   are the must articles for people to celebrate lantern festival once
   a year.

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   susanbabyposted 13 years ago

   
   
   
   

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