Why are red lanterns hanging on the wall?

1. There is usually an iron bar in the lantern. There is a mechanical device on the iron bar. Press hard, and when it is pressed to a certain extent, it will automatically get stuck on the mechanism. The steel wire is hooked inside, and the lantern will be opened if it can't bounce out.

2. Press both ends of the lantern and squeeze it towards the middle, so that the middle of the lantern protrudes. Then you see a wire in the lantern and a hook on the head. After flattening the lantern, hook the hook on the wire at the other end, and the lantern will be fixed and then opened.

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Introduction and use of red lanterns

1. Lantern has a long history. According to Wei Cuncheng, a famous archaeologist in China, lanterns in China are the earliest portable lighting tools invented in the world. The word "East" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions may be a description of the original lantern image. "Southern History" recorded the phrase "hanging Ge lanterns on the wall". Pueraria lobata is a kind of coarse white cloth made of hemp, and lanterns made of it may be the original prototype of yarn lanterns.

2. Its purpose is to show the official title, font size and identity of the door lamp (storm lantern). However, red lanterns flourished after the founding of New China. After years of development, they have become festive lanterns for today's festivals.

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