The fifth crafts of Chinese lantern crafts is FRP modeling crafts (玻璃钢工艺), it evolving from sculpture. Today FRP modeling crafts is usually used on Landscape Lantern in subsidiary decoration and making face of lantern character . This crafts depended on skill of sculpturer, in the two articles: Chinese fancy lantern and the ACG 1 Chinese fancy lantern and the ACG 2 I’ve told...

The forth crafts of Chinese lantern crafts is agglutination crafts (粘结工艺), it evolving from traditional Chinese lantern making crafts of paper hanger. Now, the agglutination crafts is usually used on special material lantern complexes in the Lantern Festival. This crafts depended on skill of a paper hanger, women were fitting for this job. Agglutination crafts can agglutinate many material...

The third crafts of Chinese lantern crafts is binding  crafts (捆扎工艺), it evolving from traditional Chinese lantern making crafts of carpenter. Now, the binding crafts is usually used on special material lantern complexes in the Lantern Festival. This crafts depended on skill of traditional Chinese lantern maker, you must employ many lantern maker for binding the special material, this is...

The second crafts of Chinese lantern crafts is engraving on wood crafts (梳花工艺), it evolving from the wood carving crafts of carpenter. Now, the engraving on wood crafts is wildly used on lantern complex’s base or the decoration of lantern building. This crafts depended on skill of carpenter, you must employ a great carpenter for your Lantern Festival project. Follow my pictures, you can...

The first crafts of Chinese lantern crafts is the iron wire modeling crafts (丝扎工艺造型), it evolving from the wood modeling crafts of Chinese lantern, in the modern time, the iron wire modeling crafts became the most wildly used crafts on the large-size and custom lantern complex making. The result depends on the fitter level, there must prepared great fitters and great lantern art designing. Follow...

The lantern festival in Republic of China succeeded the traditional style and connotation of Qing Dynasty. However, due to the ceaseless wars, there was no large-scale lantern show from the capital to remote towns. Various folk activities and entertainment programs were kept in the whole country. The Chinese lantern culture never stopped but prevailed even at the time of foreign invasion, mishap and...

In Qin Dynasty Chinese lanterns got the conditions of being born. Qin Dynasty ended the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States. The Great Wall was built in this Dynasty. It’s a very important Dynasty in Chinese history. Compared with the bronze lamp of Warring States, achievement of Qin lamp may not be worse. However, the limited Qin lamps unearthed are simplicity and cannot display all...

Hailin Xiashi lantern famous for delicate needle sewing is called the work of Chinese lantern art. It originates in Tang Dynasty and gains popularity in Song Dynasty. With a long history, lantern reflects a lot art aspects, such as poem, calligraphy, painting, engrave, gold stone and sewing. It also has rich contents, including pavilion, tiny ancient pagoda, birds, animals, dragon lantern, colored...

Zigong has long history of holding lantern shows. Since 1964 when lantern show was restored, the new generation of lantern craftsmen have succeeded to carry forward the national culture to revitalize lantern art and brought in a wider perspective for the development of Zigong Lantern Festival. The scene of show grows larger, the lantern making technique becomes exquisite, individual lanterns develop...

In Song Dynasty (960—1279), Chinese people achieved a lot in the field of science and technology, such as inventions of powder, compass and printing technology. Yuan Dynasty (1271—1368) was a unified dynasty ruled by Mongolian people in Chinese history. Its capital was located in Dadu , today’s Beijing. In Song and Yuan Dynasties, including Liao Country (916—1125) and Jin Country (1115—1234),...