A painting of the Lantern Festival by Zou Li. [Photo/artron.net] The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar calendar, marking the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration. During that day, ancient Chinese people go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles displayed on the lanterns. Nowadays the festival lanterns are not as popular as they once were in ancient times, but Chinese painters preserve these traditions in their paintings. Let's check them out. A painting of the Sichuan Dragon lantern dance by Qin Xuanfu. [Photo/artron.net] A painting of the beauty and festival lanterns by Lin Yong. [Photo/artron.net] A painting showing the making processof festival lanterns by Gao Chao. [Photo/artron.net] A painting of the lantern festival dance in 1980s by Chen Yongjian. [Photo/artron.net] A painting of the Lantern Festival celebration during ancient times by Zheng Mukang. [Photo/artron.net] A painting of the festival’s lanterns by Zhang Daqian. [Photo/artron.net] A painting showing 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs celebrating Lantern Festival by Yang Nina. [Photo/artron.net] A painting displays a scene from the Lantern Festival celebration by Li Zhengzhu. [Photo/artron.net] A painting of 100 children celebrating the Lantern Festival by Chen Dazhang. [Photo/artron.net]
Lantern Festival in the Chinese paintings
Editor:李莎宁
Source:中国日报网
Updated:2016-02-22 09:51:54
Source:中国日报网
Updated:2016-02-22 09:51:54
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