Cage lighting fixtures are generally made of thin bamboo strips or iron wires with paper or yarn pasted on the skeleton and candles lit inside. Various types, can be carried or hung. Nowadays, it is mostly used as holiday decorative lights, and electric lights are used as light sources.

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There is a flaming sun hanging in the blue sky, just like a red apple and a flaming lantern.

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1. Cage lamp. Its outer layer is mostly made of thin strips or iron wires, covered with transparent things, such as paper or yarn, as well as internal combustion lamps and candles. Used for lighting, decoration or enjoyment.

Quote "Song Shu Wu Di Xia Ji": "There are poles on the head and Ge lanterns on the wall."

The third fold of Yuan Wuhan's "Golden Pavilion": "As soon as I arrived at the door, the cocoa lantern went out. Where can I let him burn? "

It is said that the 11th Biography of Yue Quan said: "There is another two-boy walking in the class, holding a lantern and holding it high to send him to the exam."

Ba Jin's "Cold Night" I: "Two lanterns hang brightly on the pole.

China Lantern, also known as Lantern, is an ancient traditional handicraft of Han nationality. After thousands of years of development, lanterns have formed different regional styles, and each lantern has its own unique artistic expression. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people hang red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create a festive atmosphere.

Lantern is a combination of painting, paper-cutting, paper binding, acupuncture and other technologies, which is closely related to people's lives in China. Lanterns have become a symbol of happiness for the people of China. Through the inheritance and development of lantern artists in past dynasties, colorful varieties and exquisite craftsmanship have been formed. There are palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, chandeliers and so on.

From the modeling point of view, there are figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc. Besides, there are lanterns for people to enjoy.

The earliest lanterns were written on the Oracle Bone Inscriptions. At that time, people used the word "East" to describe the most primitive lanterns, which were made of bamboo strips and cloth.

It was probably not until the Han Dynasty that lanterns were made in this way. The first paper lantern was made in the Western Han Dynasty. In the Western Han Dynasty, people had the custom of hanging lanterns around the Lantern Festival. At ordinary times, lanterns are just lighting, and the door lights (wind lanterns) used to express official titles, font sizes and identities are of little significance.