Traditional Chinese New Year Lanterns

Chinese new year banners with a chinese family lion dance with two chinese kids four of the chinese characters wishing for a prosperous new year 恭喜發財.

Traditional chinese new year lanterns. If you hang up all four of the lanterns with chinese characters together it will look like the chinese new year banners too. Typically lanterns are hung up from the eve of the chinese new year signaling the start of the spring festival and are only removed after the spring lantern festival. Pretty self explanatory and also the most common type.

Red lanterns a famous chinese symbol. As early as the western han dynasty 206 bce ce 25 it had become a festival with great. In chinese culture the red lantern is the symbol of booming life and prosperous business so they are always hung on important festivals such as lantern festival chinese new year and chinese national day in parks or along main streets.

Among these lanterns red ones are recognized the most throughout the world. The holiday more aptly called lunar new year as it marks the start of a new lunar cycle is one of the most important holidays in asia. The new way is called the green lantern lantern.

Chinese lanterns come in all sorts of shapes sizes and colors although for chinese new year the traditional red and gold balloon lantern is one of the most popular ones. Traditional chinese paper lanterns w tassels they were used by buddhist monks and during the lantern festival which was at the end of the chinese new year festival. These decorative traditional lanterns are hung from street lights posts or other places.

The most common chinese lanterns are red oval shaped and decorated with red or golden tassels. Red is a very common color for traditional chinese lanterns and the classic style includes gold trim and yellow tassels. In some famous chinatowns abroad you can see red lanterns all the year round.

There are oval and square but the most traditional is the spherical red and gold. Chinese new year lanterns make great decorations and this time of the year you see them popping up everywhere around town the temples the stores homes parks. Red gauze was used when making them.