In China, lanterns, also known as lanterns, are ancient traditional handicrafts of the Han nationality. Originated in the Western Han Dynasty more than 1800 years ago, in the first month of the lunar calendar every year, every household hangs a red lantern symbolizing auspiciousness to create a festive atmosphere, and the lantern has also become a symbol of happiness for China people.
Traditionally, people think that hanging lanterns has the auspicious meaning of "red" luck. On holidays, lanterns are basically auspicious patterns and auspicious blessing words. In addition, the red of lanterns is the color of cinnabar, which is a very effective treasure in geomantic omen. Therefore, it has been a tradition to hang red lanterns on the gate since ancient times.
So what's the point of hanging lanterns? In ancient China, people paid attention to yes-men and fortune, and so did hanging lanterns. Generally speaking, they are uniform, not single, symmetrical, hanging on both sides of the gate, hanging in the south instead of the north. In addition, lanterns are hung every Spring Festival. The important thing is that this year's lanterns will not be hung until next year. In ancient times, they were usually destroyed by "touching lanterns", that is, lanterns collided with each other and were destroyed after catching fire.
Conclusion: China Lantern combines painting art, paper-cutting, binding, sewing and other techniques, representing happiness, and because the pronunciation of "Deng" and "Ding" is similar, it means that people are prosperous. So it is also used to pray for children. In the past, every household had a surname lamp hanging under the eaves and in the living room. In the Japanese occupation era, patriots painted folk stories on lanterns to teach their children and grandchildren to know their own culture, so it has the significance of being passed down from generation to generation.