Chinese lantern is kind of ancient lamps and also called shining lantern. It is thought to originate in 1800 years ago in Western Han Dynasty. Before the annual lunar New Year Lantern Festival, people hang red lanterns symbolic meaning of reunion, to create a festival atmosphere, later, festival lantern became a symbol of Chinese peope.

In ancient years, most lanterns were made of bamboo, wood, straw, silk and so on. However, now some of material become cloth, plastic, iron wire. Meanwhile, the shape and color are much different from traditional ones

Chinese lantern has originated from the Western Han Dynasty. Around the yearly Lantern Festival, people all hang red lanterns up, which are symbols of reunion, to create a festive atmosphere. Lanterns later become a joyous symbol for Chinese. Chinese lantern synthesizes techniques of painting art, paper cutting, paper bundling and prickseaming. Palace lantern and gauze lantern are the most famous among the lanterns made in ancient China.