Lanterns are not only the decorations of the ancients for the New Year's Festival, but also the sustenance of people's good wishes such as reunion and joy.
Places such as the Chinese Lantern World in Zigong have directly turned the lanterns into tourist attractions, attracting countless people to visit and play every year.
So, what novel elements have modern technology injected into the lanterns, and how did they turn into gorgeous lanterns?
01 Ancient Lantern Tradition.
Lantern has a long tradition, and in the beginning, lanterns were simply hung in front of people's homes to ward off evil spirits and pray for peace.
Soon, however, the ancients were not satisfied with this simple decoration and began to shape the lanterns into various shapes, and then made the lanterns both beautiful and practical through techniques such as hand-painting and paper-cutting.
Especially when it comes to festivals, the ancients would hold lantern festivals in various places, small merchants and vendors shouted, literati chanted poems, and children enjoyed themselves.
Today, despite the rapid changes of the times, this tradition has been preserved and further strengthened by technology.
02 Changes in technology.
First of all, the emergence of LED lights has undoubtedly brought a great boost to the lanterns, compared with traditional candles, bamboo and other materials, it has higher brightness, lower energy consumption and longer service life.
And the application of LED makes the lanterns more colorful and gorgeous, and through the combination of different lights at night, it can create a kaleidoscopic effect, which makes people dizzy.
Secondly, with the advent of integrated sensors and program control, the lanterns can adjust the color, brightness and lighting effects in real time according to the environment, ** or audience interaction, making the viewing experience more dynamic and interactive.
Finally, VR and AR technologies are also constantly evolving, and it is likely that in the future, these technologies will be applied to lantern festivals, allowing audiences to immerse themselves in the dreamlike art world.
03 Modern Lantern Festival.
Today's lantern festival is not only an ornament for viewing, but also an "amusement park" that can be played and interacted with.
Many places combine lanterns with culture, such as integrating the luxurious temperament of the Tang Dynasty into the skeleton of lantern production, creating a high-end style and extremely romantic Huaxia gilt gate.
There are also beautiful and dreamy colored ink paintings made with colored lanterns, soft lotuses, classical palace lanterns, crystal arch bridges, and ten-mile peach blossoms can all be restored through lanterns.
There is also a combination of lanterns and lanterns, the flashing, beating, and transformation of the lights are coordinated with the melody and rhythm of the lanterns, so that people can appreciate the beauty of the lanterns at the same time, and they can be impacted.
If you also want to create such a lantern show, or also need lanterns as decoration, you can take a look at Taigu County Longteng Lantern Factory, at the same time, they also have a professional folk fire performance team, can provide you with festival services. At present, it is the theme activity of "Xingqiao Fire Tree Bright Lantern Sanjin", let's learn about the production process of lanterns and the wonderful stories behind them.
May the lanterns bloom in more brilliant colors in the bright light of science and technology, and add more beautiful memories to people's lives.