Asian style lantern table accent lamp - black lacquer with hand painted flying crane design on porcelain body

!9#:Asian style lantern table accent lamp - black lacquer with hand painted flying crane design on porcelain body

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Post Date : Jan 24, 2012 03:08:10
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Add a romantic glow to a room with this stylized Asian lantern. The rice paper panels soften and diffuse the light creating a quiet ambiance. The hand painted crane motif symbolizes longevity in China's cultural landscape. This is an original item created exclusively for Reorient.

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The Meaning of a Chinese Lantern

!9# The Meaning of a Chinese Lantern

You will rarely see one solitary Chinese lantern, rather you'll see several at once, perhaps hundreds, floating up in the night sky. The traditional use of a this type of lantern began when civilians in China first recognised the beauty of the lanterns, which were originally used as signalling devices and started to incorporate them into their celebrations.

Ever since that time, they have been widely used all over China and Asia in festivals, notably Chinese New Year. Typically the end of the New Year celebrations are marked with a huge Chinese lantern festival, during which hundreds upon hundreds of lanterns are released by families celebrating the new year together.

The meaning behind the Chinese lantern does vary slightly according to the traditions associated with different events at which a Chinese lantern might be used. In the New Year celebrations, for example, the lanterns are considered to bring prosperity and good luck for those people who release them, as well as to represent an individual's problems, worries and concerns floating away into the night.

In other celebrations, children solve riddles and puzzles drawn onto their lantern and carry them to Buddhist temples, where the flame is considered to represent wisdom. In still different festivals, lovers release a lantern between them in order to signify their love for each other.

What cannot be disputed is that the various traditions and perceived meanings behind the use of the lanterns are all very positive. This perhaps explains their increased use in the UK at celebrations of marriage and New Year.

The Meaning of a Chinese Lantern

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Sky Lantern, 36 pack

!9# Sky Lantern, 36 pack

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1 Box of 36pc - Regular White Sky Lanterns - Fire resistant paper - 15" (base) ~ 24" (top) x 30" High - Packed 1pc per bag.-----------

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