<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > introduction</h1>
Kong Ming Lantern, as well as sky lanterns, wishing lamps, prayer lanterns and other names, in ancient China, is a kind of handicrafts that are quite popular with the people. In the Ming Dynasty, Lin Xichun's "Rising Heavenly Lantern" recorded: Looking for a hundred feet of heavenly lamps, high hanging into the clouds.
In fact, unlike the most common use of prayer later, in the beginning, the main use of Kong Ming lanterns in ancient times was military alarm and signaling.
Later, with the continuous popularization of Kong Ming Lantern, the main role played by the general public became a blessing. Generally speaking, when the Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and other festivals come, many people will gather in the open area to fire Kong Ming lanterns, but this kind of lamp is generally not fixed in the direction of floating at the entrance to the sky, if it floats into the mountains and forests, it may also cause a fire.
From the structural point of view, the frame of the Kong Ming lamp includes the main body, the bottom ring and the fuel three components, further specifically, the main part is a frame made of wood or bamboo, plus a lampshade made of paper paste, and the bottom bracket of the Kong Ming lamp is generally composed of grate and wire, the kong Ming lamp size is different, usually the situation is oval, cylindrical or rectangular, the overall shape is generous and beautiful.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" >, the source and function of Kong Ming lamp</h1>
Regarding the origin of Kong Ming Lantern, there are two main ones. The first source is as follows, legend has it that in the Five Dynasties period, a woman named Xin Qiniang, when she followed her husband to the frontier battlefield, used bamboo and paper to make a lamp, and placed a pine resin that could be lit at the bottom, and when the fuel was ignited, the lamp she invented took off and flew directly to the sky.
At the time, the woman invented it primarily as a military communication signal. In addition, there is a saying that Kong Ming Lantern was invented by Zhuge Kong Ming, thinking that when he and his subordinates were besieged by the enemy in Pingyang, the region could not let his men go out of the city to ventilate the news, so under the premise of calculating the wind direction, he made this lantern, and tied it with the content of the distress signal written on it to release it, and finally successfully escaped from danger.
As mentioned earlier, in the beginning, Kong Ming Lantern was mainly used in the military field, used to transmit military signals and ventilate messages, and then to get friendly troops and companions out of danger as soon as possible.
However, it was then spread to the people and gradually evolved into a tool for blessing. Later, in the Qing Dynasty, in the very liao area of Our country, there were many years of banditry, and in order to make timely defenses, the local people would use Kong Ming lanterns to ventilate each other, or report to the people of the same village for safety.
Later, although the bandits slowly came into contact, but this custom was handed down, and later every year during the Lantern Festival, the local people would use this ceremony to celebrate the festival and report peace to each other, and for this reason, in the local area, Kong Ming Lantern was also called the Peace Lamp.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="16" > second, the characteristic Kong Ming lamps around the world</h1>
In the Hainan region, Kong Ming Lantern is also called sky lantern, Wen Lantern or sky lantern by the local people, the Kong Ming lantern in the area is mainly white, every holiday, the local people will fire Kong Ming lantern to celebrate the festival, especially in The Hainan area of Wenchang City, Wanning City and Danzhou City part of the suburban county, this custom has always been valued by the local people.
In Wenchang, the sky lantern and Tim Ding harmonic sound, so in the family with boys, every New Year's Festival will put lights, pray for the prosperity of the family, and the style of the sky lantern is also diverse, such as flower basket lamp, carp lamp and so on. At night, these charming sky lanterns will slowly rise into the sky with the people's beautiful expectations, and the scene is extremely romantic and beautiful.
In the area where the Hakka people live, there is also the habit of setting off Kong Ming lanterns during the Lantern Festival, and in the eyes of the Hakka people, burning Kong Ming lanterns can make the heavens bless life safely and smoothly, and prosper day by day.
And in their eyes, each Kong Ming Lantern represents a baby who came into this world last year. Here, the size of the Kong Ming lamp varies, and the largest Kong Ming lamp can reach a diameter of two meters.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="23" > conclusion</h1>
As a traditional and ancient handicraft, the Kong Ming lantern with the function of praying for blessings has always been welcomed and loved by the vast number of people in ancient times. Especially in major festivals such as the Lantern Festival or the Mid-Autumn Festival, the public will choose to burn Kong Ming lanterns to celebrate.
And the sea is the first choice of many people to put kong ming lantern location, one is more empty, not easy to occur unnecessary danger, the second is to come here away from the city thousands of lights, fireworks up to see more clearly, at night, in the cool breeze of the seashore, watching a Kong Ming lantern slowly rise into the quiet and beautiful sky, watching Kong Ming lantern and the stars in the sky shine together, is definitely a particularly romantic and beautiful thing.
bibliography:
"Rising Lantern"