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There are many kinds of modern lamps. What were ancient lights like?
Our modern lamps. There are not only Chinese, American, European and Western lamps, but also various lamps. In fact, our ancestors, our ancients, were smarter than us modern people. From ancient times to the present, they all have different lamps. In every era and dynasty, there are all kinds of lamps similar to works of art..

These lamps are not only beautiful, but also valuable now. It has the virtue of traditional Millennium culture, and it is also a kind of wisdom of our ancients. Let's take a look at the wisdom of lamps given to us by the ancients.

We have not experienced ancient times, but the inheritance of lamps is a kind of cultural inheritance for us, and it is also a historical microcosm of our ancestors' life. Lamps and lanterns have experienced thousands of years of long development and many changes. But there is not much difference in the basic structure, which is generally composed of lamp holder, lamp post and lamp bowl. Our ancestors also used candles.

We have no way to verify the earliest lanterns, but from the current archaeological excavations, lanterns were found in tombs during the Warring States period. No lamps were found in tombs before the Warring States period. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, lamps and lanterns gradually increased. Moreover, in the Qin and Han dynasties, there were cultural relics and candle civilizations.

And the materials of our ancient lamps are also very annoying, including bronze, pottery, porcelain, glass, wood, stone, iron, gold and silver candlesticks and so on. There are also many styles, some serving, some filling oil, and some inserting candles. Moreover, we ancients not only used these lamps in our daily life, but also made them into goose-foot lamps, human-shaped lamps, tree-shaped lamps, animal-shaped lamps and so on.

These are the wisdom of our ancients. And the classification of lamps and lanterns is also divided according to past dynasties, ancient lamps and lanterns. For example, the lamps in the Warring States Period, the lamps in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and the lamps in the Three Kingdoms, the Jin and the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Or lamps in Sui and Tang Dynasties, lamps in Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, lamps in Ming Dynasty, lamps in Qing Dynasty, lamps in the Republic of China and so on.

Later, there were no familiar lamps, chandeliers, chandeliers, wall lamps, floor lamps, multi-lamps, Buddha lamps and colored lamps. These various lamps have a wide range of uses, which not only show the living conditions of our ancients, but also show a cultural heritage of the integration of art and interior.

The significance of lights is very important to us, especially to the ancients. It can not only bring a comfortable atmosphere, but also bring warmth and peace to our family life. When I was a child, the lanterns picked on the fifteenth day of the first month were also handed down by the ancients.