What is the historical origin of lanterns?
Lanterns in China originated in the Western Han Dynasty more than 1800 years ago. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people will hang red lanterns in every household to celebrate. Later, lanterns became a symbol of happiness for the people of China. There are more and more kinds of lanterns and more and more patterns. According to historical records, during the reign of Kaiyuan Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty, there were 100 lantern trees in the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, which were 80 feet high and stood on the mountain. On the night of Shangyuan, a hundred miles can be seen, and the light captures the moonlight, which became a major landscape at that time. The history of making lanterns in Sanzhao Village can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. Sanzhao Village Lantern has been exported to other parts of China, such as Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, and even South Korea, Hong Kong and other East Asian regions for its elegant modeling, exquisite workmanship, novel and unique patterns, strong local flavor and rich history and culture.