Chinese lantern is kind of ancient lamps and also called shining lantern. It is thought to originate in 1800 years ago in Western Han Dynasty. Before the annual lunar New Year Lantern Festival, people hang red lanterns symbolic meaning of reunion, to create a festival atmosphere, later, festival lantern became a symbol of Chinese peope.
In ancient years, most lanterns were made of bamboo, wood, straw, silk and so on. However, now some of material become cloth, plastic, iron wire.
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