What does the unicorn lion elephant lamp mean?

Kirin lion elephant lamp is quite popular in Juncun township, Xingguo county, and is called "lion lamp" locally. This is a lamp with images of unicorns, lions and elephants. Paper paste, four people each hold Yi Deng performance.

As a folk activity with a long history, the unicorn lion elephant lamp is entrusted with the good wishes and expectations of generations of Hakka children.

According to legend, there was a disaster in the Tang Dynasty one year, and it didn't rain for a long time, so people lived in dire straits. In order to get good weather, the villagers prayed for Kirin, lions and elephants to help them. Because since ancient times, there has been a saying in military villages that unicorns sit in houses to suppress evil, lions guard gates and prosper, and elephants enter houses with wealth.

The villagers put a unicorn in the middle of the house and called it the king. Lions are placed on both sides of the ancestral hall door, saying that lions are guardians; Install two elephants in two corners of the house, saying that elephants are harmonious.

As it happens, in the second year, the weather was good here, the grain was abundant, and the six livestock flourished. After that, the villagers made Kirin, lion and pictographic lanterns with bamboo sticks and hung them in the hall or in the house to express their good wishes.