palace lanterns, as the name suggests, are lamps used in the palace. They are mainly painted lamps with fine wood as the framework, inlaid with silk yarn and glass, and painted with various patterns on the outside. It is famous for its grace and luxury and full of palace style.
palace lanterns have a history of thousands of years in China and have become a symbol of Chinese traditional culture.
Since
has been used by the court for a long time, in addition to lighting, it must be equipped with delicate and complicated decorations to show the wealth and luxury of the emperor.
Palace lanterns in Ming and Qing Dynasties are mainly framed with fine wood, carved with patterns, or carved with lacquer, and inlaid with gauze, glass or glass filament.
In the Qing Dynasty, palace lanterns became the emperor's gift for rewarding princes and ministers because of their preciousness.
"The Grand View of Qing Dynasty Wild History" contains: "Customize the year and evening, all the princes and ministers will give it. The former ministers all give a year-round safe purse and a number of lamps."
Qing Tancui's "Dianhai Yuheng Zhi" contains the production and introduction of the "material silk lamp" (that is, glass lamp) into the capital, as well as detailed records of the rise and fall of the folks. , The silk weaving is a lamp, so it is called material silk. The medicine material is amethyst, blunt magnet, ocher, and there are different types.
Traditional palace lanterns use wax-burning lighting to prevent wind. The gauze brushed with water glue is used as the cover. There are various patterns drawn on them, each with different meanings, and each has different functions. Ruyi and so on.
Palace lanterns began in the Eastern Han Dynasty and flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. They have strong local characteristics. Common ones include white hat square lanterns, Gaocheng palace lanterns, gauze circle lanterns, Luohan lanterns, revolving horse lanterns, butterfly lanterns, and Erlong opera bead lanterns...
The craftsmanship of
traditional palace lanterns is extremely complicated. There are 56 procedures in total, including digging the sticks, washing the rods, and drilling the holes, all by hand.
The main body of
is painted with high-grade glass cardboard and hand-carved. The picture in the frame is the famous Yuxian folk color paper-cut.
Gaocheng Tuntou Palace Lantern originated in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 200 years.
and in the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong visited the south, saw the lamp, and liked the exquisite craftsmanship, so he ordered his attendants to select a few and hung them in the court. The palace lantern got its name from this, the business became more prosperous, and its art was handed down to the world.
"Long Ling is sighed by the world, and the art is amazing."
