Kongming lanterns were mainly used for military purposes in ancient times. Modern people put lanterns on Kongming lanterns, mainly to pray for blessings. Men, women and children personally write down their wishes for blessings, symbolizing a bumper harvest and happiness every year.
According to legend, during the Five Dynasties, there was a woman named Qi Xin. When she was fighting with her husband in Fujian, she made a box with bamboo sticks, pasted paper on it and made a headlight. Burning turpentine was placed on the chassis, and the lamp was blown into the sky by hot air as a military contact signal.
This kind of resin lamp is called Kongming Lantern in Sichuan. This lamp is shaped like a hat worn by Zhuge Liang, hence its name.
Another saying is said to have been invented by Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period. At that time, Zhuge Liang was besieged by Sima Yi in Pingyang, and the whole army was helpless. Zhuge Liang came up with a clever plan, calculated the wind direction, ordered people to bring thousands of pieces of white paper, paste them into countless lanterns, and then took them down by using the upward gravity of smoke.
Small lanterns rose one by one, and the soldiers in the camp shouted: "Mr. Zhuge broke through in the sky lantern!" " ".Sima Yi actually believed that Zhuge Liang was able to escape by going out to chase the sky lanterns. Later generations called this lantern "Kongming Lantern".
Hainan lanterns, also known as Wen lanterns and sky lanterns, are made of white paper paste. According to the principle of hot air balloon, the heat generated by air expansion can be taken away. The fuel it carries can float about 1 hour. At first, it looks like an unknown flying object. After rising to a certain height, it looks like a star.
According to legend, it spread from the mainland to Hainan and evolved into a very distinctive local folk custom. On festive days or grand festivals, people light lanterns to express their good wishes. Before lighting lanterns, people should write down their wishes on the lanterns. Ran Ran will rise to the sky with the lanterns to pray that their wishes can come true.
In the villages around Wenchang, Wanning and Danzhou, there are folk customs of tying lanterns and putting them out. Because the Wenchang accent "Sky Lantern" is homophonic with "Tianding", the boy family spontaneously formed a "Lantern Delivery Team", and used lanterns with auspicious words such as lanterns, lanterns, hand lanterns, flower basket lanterns, carp lanterns and rare ancient lanterns to beat gongs and drums, and walked around the village to the temple, indicating that they would be sent to "a prosperous population and a prosperous family scene".
When putting the lantern on, pour the oil on the rag with the barrel mouth facing down. After the tarpaulin is lit, the whole paper bucket will be filled with hot air, and the sky lanterns of every household will rise like hot air balloons. Take your blessings and wishes and float into the night sky.