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The palace lantern is originally the feudal period palace serves as a tool the illumination tool, The literature record, (Luban) builds the palace when the Spring and Autumn Period time Gongshu class, once used the wooden staff to make the support, in every direction the silks, burn lamp in which, although constructs extremely simply, but may say that is the primitive palace lantern's embryonic form.
The Warring States time (first 4751 first 221) the wrong silver returns to the grain lamp, the Warring States time (first 4751 first 221) the wrong silver to return to the grain lamp, the long letter palace fire fourth place not to be below several dozens kinds take the bronze as raw material each kind of lamps and lanterns, according to the material record, in the Qin dynasty palace already had the splendid colored lantern, When A.D. 502 year Emperor Liangdi, the China presented the lotus root silk lamp in Zhejiang Qian Tanglong (lotus root silk is the decorative design in a utensil magnificent on brocade) on the lamp the drawing, take the character as the theme.
The palace lantern originally is the palace imperial family patent, only then in the palace can use, because afterward the emperor was happy, outside caused to grant nobles and ministers, the beginning biography leaves the palace, the end of the Qing folk only then had the replica. In the electric lamp not yet invents in age, both has the illumination use value, and has the palace to construct function of the decoration, for emperor, the imperial concubine, ministers takes pleasure.
Because the palace lantern at first is only restricted in the palace and minority nobles and ministers watches, therefore manufactures palace lantern's raw material multipurpose red sandalwood, the padauk teak, the ormosia henryi, Nan-mao or the union Chinese littleleaf box intarsia hollows out the engraving on the edges to change in order to, makes with the upscale lumber, with the manual polish, uses waxes paper spreads plays the part of the palace lantern surface, not only against moist and has plants the gentle natural gloss, the lignin is not easy to distort, and prolonged worth looking.
Some people thought that the red lantern is a palace lantern, is one kind of misunderstanding actually. The standard palace lantern's model should be the wooden hexagon, divides high and low two, two internodes are connected by the chain. The previous section famous lamp hat, the next festival famous lamp body, divides high and low two, each is loaded with the lamp window six leaves respectively, each fan sticks the painting on silk or the mosaic glass, by paint plan design, like good-luck design of the character surrounded by five bats and symbolizing good luck propitious content, scenery, beast, flower-and-bird, character, is quite receives the people to welcome.
The palace lantern most representative is the traditional six side palace lanterns, its model is solemn, solemn ,respectful and steady, complements each other with the historic building art, is very coordinated, feels king's dignity and the palace gravity as if. Lanterns may be small, but its unique style, which reflects the ancient Chinese culture, civilization and artistic lighting design and architectural beauty.
The palace lantern is different with present any lamps and lanterns, it establishes a new school in the world, is the lamps and lanterns and the industrial art crystalling phase union product, both has the use value, and displays the Eastern art and our country national style, therefore is renowned at home and abroad. The clear Guangxu 34 (1908) our country palace lantern wins an award at the Panamanian exposition. The end of the Qing, the folk manufactured palace lantern's artisan many master craftsman to transmit by the palace in comes, they were famous by the exquisite technique in the lamp picture industry.
The traditional palace lantern uses the material mainly to have: The lumber, silk Guangzhou, the glass, the silk, the clear painting, the few lead wires, the aureola with the iron sheet, the emulsion, the dead camber beam change the live camber beam the hard standard letter and the bolt, stick the silk starch. The palace lantern divides upscale and the general scale, the upscale lumber has the red sandalwood, the ebony, the padauk teak, the ormosia henryi, Nan-mao and so on. Generally the palace lantern lumber has Du Mu.
Manufactures palace lantern's working procedure process: 1 prepares materials, 2 open the material, 3 open the fan material, 4 screens, 5 dozens of troughs, 6 women's hairdos with hair in a spiral on top or behind the head, 7 drill, 8 flush the material, 9 section of shoulders, 10 include the tenon, 11 repair the burr, 12 nails stick the fan wooden molded child, 13 stick the fan, 14 repair the shoulder, behind 15 even leaves, 16 blow the upper opening, 17 open, 18 work as a farm laborer the shoulder eye, 19 patch the fan, 20 punching the clock fan trough, 21 stick the serrated edge (cerebrum serrated edge, bright angle serrated edge), 22 open the palace lantern shelving, 23 women's hairdos with hair in a spiral on top or behind the head, 24 drill, 25 flush the material, 26 blow puts together the head, 27 sections put together the head,28 pillars operate the tenon, 29 pinch off the eye trough, 30 pull the duck mouth, 31 saw the tongue, 32 eyes, 33 rub the stone circle, 34 stick puts together the head, 35 put together the head evenly, 36 sou iron sheet appearances, 37 brush the main item dermatoglyphic pattern, 38 sou dragons are prime.
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