Why is it called Kongming Lantern?
Question 1: The origin of the Kongming Lantern. The Kongming Lantern is also called a sky lantern. It is said that it was invented by Zhuge Kongming (namely Zhuge Liang) during the Three Kingdoms period. At that time, Zhuge Kongming was besieged by Sima Yi in Pingyang and was unable to send troops out of the city to ask for help. Kong Ming accurately calculated the direction of the wind, made a floating paper lantern, and attached a message for help. As a result, he escaped from danger, so later generations called this kind of lantern Kongming Lantern. Another theory is that the shape of this lantern is like the hat worn by Zhuge Kongming, hence its name.
Question 2: Kongming lantern, what does it mean? Pray for peace, harmony and well-being.
Question 3: Why is the Kongming Lantern called the Kongming Lantern? It was invented before Zhuge Liang, and it is also called the Sky Lantern. According to legend, it was invented by Zhuge Kongming (i.e. Zhuge Liang) during the Three Kingdoms period. At that time, Zhuge Kongming was besieged by Sima Yi in Pingyang and was unable to send troops out of the city to ask for help. Kong Ming accurately calculated the direction of the wind, made a floating paper lantern, and attached a message for help. He was indeed out of danger, so later generations called this kind of lantern Kongming Lantern.
Another theory is that the shape of this lantern is like the hat worn by Zhuge Kongming, hence its name.
Question 4: Why are Kongming lanterns released during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Every year on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, many places in Guangdong still have the custom of setting off Kongming lanterns. Kongming is from Yinan County, Shandong Province, and it is their custom to put out Kongming lanterns; "Kongming lanterns" are also called sky lanterns. According to legend, they were invented by Zhuge Kongming (Zhuge Liang) during the Three Kingdoms period. At that time, Zhuge Kongming was besieged by Sima Yi in Yangping and was unable to send troops out of the city to ask for help. Kong Ming accurately calculated the direction of the wind, made a floating paper lantern, and attached a message for help. He was indeed out of danger, so later generations called this kind of lantern Kongming Lantern. Another theory is that the shape of this lantern is like the hat worn by Zhuge Kongming, hence its name. Sky lanterns are also called "prayer lanterns" or "peace lanterns". The meaning of letting go of wishes and praying for blessings; I personally think that many people in modern times setting off Kongming lanterns on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month are largely hyped by businesses, just like apples on Christmas Eve. . .
Question 5: What is the Kongming Lantern? Question: What is the Kongming Lantern?
Answer: The reason why it is called Kong Ming Lantern is that the finished sky lantern looks a bit like the hat worn by Mr. Kong Ming. Secondly, it is said that Kong Ming was besieged by Sima Yi and the whole army was helpless. Zhuge Liang came up with a clever plan. , ordered people to bring thousands of sheets of white paper, paste them into countless sky lanterns, and then use the upward gravity of the smoke to take them into the sky. Each small sky lantern rose, and the people in the camp shouted: "Mr. Zhuge Break out of the siege by sitting on a sky lantern!" Sima Yi actually believed it and was deceived. This plan saved Mr. Zhuge's life.
Question: What are Kongming lanterns used for?
Answer: Modern people often put up sky lanterns to pray for blessings. Men, women, old and young, hand-written blessing wishes, symbolizing a successful harvest and happiness every year. So it is also called a wishing lantern or a sky lantern! It is a folk custom in many places to put up lanterns for peace when getting married and having children! Sky lanterns can be used to organize spring outings, weddings, birthdays, festivals, young people's dating and advertising, etc.
Question: Why does Ji Lantern fly into the sky?
Answer: Kongming lanterns work on the same principle as modern hot-air balloons. The air inside the lanterns is heated and expanded to lift off. But why does hot air float? We can use Archimedes' principle to explain it: when an object has the same volume as air but a weight (density) smaller than that of air, it can fly. This is the same as the buoyancy of water. Heating the air inside the ball, part of the air inside the ball will flow out of the ball due to the heated expansion of the air, making the internal air less dense than the outside air, so the ball filled with hot air will fly
Question 6: What is the meaning of the Lantern Festival? Why are Kong Ming Lanterns released? Is there any explanation? Lantern Festival
Every year on the 15th day of the first lunar month, just after the Spring Festival, we usher in a traditional Chinese festival - -Lantern Festival.
The first month of the first lunar month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called the night "Xiao", so the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the Lantern Festival. The 15th day of the first lunar month is the first full-moon night of the year. It is also the night when the Yuan Dynasty begins and the earth returns to spring. People celebrate this and it is also the continuation of celebrating the New Year. The Lantern Festival is also called the "Shangyuan Festival".
According to Chinese folk tradition, on this night when the bright moon hangs high in the sky, people light up thousands of colorful lanterns to celebrate. They go out to enjoy the moon, light lanterns and set off flames, guess lantern riddles, and eat Yuanxiao. The family reunites and celebrates the festival together, and it is a joyful time.
The Lantern Festival is also called the Festival of Lanterns. The custom of lighting lanterns during the Lantern Festival began in the Han Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, lantern viewing activities became more prosperous. Lanterns were hung everywhere in the palace and on the streets, and tall lantern wheels were built. Lu Zhaolin, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, once described the grand occasion of lighting lanterns during the Lantern Festival in "Watching Lanterns on the Fifteenth Night" about lantern towers and lantern trees: "The stars are falling, leaning against the tower like the moon is hanging."
Song Dynasty update Paying attention to the Lantern Festival, the lantern viewing activities are more lively. The lantern viewing activities last for five days and the styles of lanterns are also more abundant. In the Ming Dynasty, lantern viewing lasted for 10 consecutive days, making this the longest lantern festival in China. Although the lantern viewing event in the Qing Dynasty only lasted for three days, it was very large-scale and unprecedentedly grand. In addition to lighting lanterns, fireworks were also set off to add to the fun.
"Guessing lantern riddles", also called "playing lantern riddles", is an activity added after the Lantern Festival and appeared in the Song Dynasty. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin'an, the capital, made riddles during the Lantern Festival, and many people guessed riddles.
In the beginning, the good guys wrote riddles on slips of paper and pasted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because riddles can enlighten wisdom and are interesting, they are very popular among all walks of life in the process of spreading.
It is a folk custom to eat Yuanxiao during the Lantern Festival. Yuanxiao is made of glutinous rice, either solid or stuffed. The fillings include bean paste, sugar, hawthorn, various fruit ingredients, etc. It can be boiled, fried, steamed or fried. At first, people called this food "Fuyuanzi", and later called it "Tangtuan" or "Tangyuan". These names have similar pronunciations to the word "Tuanyuan", which means reunion, symbolizing the reunion, harmony and happiness of the whole family. People also call it "Tuanyuan". This memory of the departed relatives expresses good wishes for future life.
The Lantern Festival in some places also has the custom of "walking all diseases", also known as "roasting all diseases" and "dispersing all diseases". Most of the participants are women, and they walk together or along the wall. Or cross the bridge or walk in the suburbs, the purpose is to drive away diseases and eliminate disasters.
As time goes by, more and more activities are held during the Lantern Festival. Many local festivals include traditional folk performances such as dragon lantern dancing, lion dancing, stilt walking, land boat rowing, Yangko dancing, and peace drum playing. This traditional festival, which has been passed down for more than 2,000 years, is not only popular on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, but also celebrated year after year in overseas Chinese communities.
Question 7: Why is the Kongming Lantern called the Kongming Lantern? Does it have something to do with Zhuge Liang? I heard the adults say that the Kongming Lantern is called the Kongming Lantern. Firstly, the sky lantern after it is made looks a bit like the hat Mr. Kongming wears. Secondly, this is how our folk say the origin of the Kongming Lantern. When Kongming was besieged by Sima Yi, and the whole army was helpless, Zhuge Liang came up with a brilliant plan. He ordered people to take thousands of pieces of white paper and paste them into countless sky lanterns, and then used the upward gravity of the smoke to lift them into the sky, each small sky lantern. It rose, and the people in the camp shouted: "Mr. Zhuge is sitting on a sky lantern to break out of the encirclement!" Sima Yi actually believed it and was deceived. This plan saved Mr. Zhuge's life. Modern people often use Kongming lanterns to pray for blessings. Men, women, old and young, hand-written blessing wishes, symbolizing a successful harvest and happiness every year. The structure of the Kongming Lantern can be divided into two parts: the main body and the bracket. The main body is mostly made of bamboo grates, and the second part is made of tissue paper or paper to form a lampshade. The bottom bracket is composed of bamboo grates. Kongming lanterns can be large or small, round or rectangular. The general Kongming lantern is made of bamboo pieces framed into a barrel shape, and the outside is densely surrounded by thin white paper with the opening facing downwards. When you want to light the lantern and lift it off, tie a piece of coarse cloth or gold paper soaked in kerosene or peanut oil in the middle of the bottom bracket. Light the oil before letting it fly. After the fire in the lantern burns for a while, hot air will be generated, and the Kongming Lantern will expand. After you let go, the entire lantern will appear. As it slowly takes off, if the weather is good, the Kongming Lantern will automatically descend after the kerosene at the bottom is burned out.
Question 8: Why did Kongming invent the Kongming Lantern? Kongming lanterns, also called sky lanterns, are said to have been invented by Zhuge Kongming (Zhuge Liang) during the Three Kingdoms period. At that time, Zhuge Kongming was besieged by Sima Yi in Pingyang and was unable to send troops out of the city to ask for help. Kong Ming accurately calculated the direction of the wind, made a floating paper lantern, and attached a message for help. He was indeed out of danger, so later generations called this kind of lantern Kongming Lantern. Another theory is that the shape of this lantern is like the hat worn by Zhuge Kongming, hence its name.
Modern people often put up sky lanterns to pray for blessings. Men, women, old and young wrote their wishes with their own hands, symbolizing a successful harvest and happiness every year.
Around the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, ancestors introduced it from Hui'an, Anxi and other counties in Fujian Province to Taiwan's Taipei County, Pingxi Township, and Shifenliao areas, which are the upper reaches of the Keelung River. According to the oral accounts of elders in the Shifenliao area, there were bandits in the Shifen area in the early Qing Dynasty. Since it is located in a mountainous area, the villagers fled to the mountains. After the bandits left, those who stayed in the village cast fire at night. Sky lanterns serve as signals to inform villagers who have taken refuge on the mountain that they can go down the mountain and go home. They also use this method to report to the villagers that they are safe. Since the day when we evacuated from the mountains and returned home, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which was the Lantern Festival. From then on, every year, villagers in Shishi area celebrated the Lantern Festival with the ceremony of releasing sky lanterns, and exchanged greetings with villagers in neighboring villages. Peace. Therefore, villagers in Shifen area also call sky lanterns "prayer lanterns" or "peace lanterns".
Question 9: The origin of the Kongming Lantern. The Kongming Lantern is also called a sky lantern. It is said that it was invented by Zhuge Kongming (namely Zhuge Liang) during the Three Kingdoms period. At that time, Zhuge Kongming was besieged by Sima Yi in Pingyang and was unable to send troops out of the city to ask for help. Kong Ming accurately calculated the direction of the wind, made a floating paper lantern, and attached a message for help. As a result, he escaped from danger, so later generations called this kind of lantern Kongming Lantern. Another theory is that the shape of this lantern is like the hat worn by Zhuge Kongming, hence its name.
Question 10: What is the Kongming Lantern? Question: What is the Kongming Lantern?
Answer: The reason why it is called Kong Ming Lantern is that the finished sky lantern looks a bit like the hat worn by Mr. Kong Ming. Secondly, it is said that Kong Ming was besieged by Sima Yi and the whole army was helpless. Zhuge Liang came up with a clever plan. , ordered people to bring thousands of sheets of white paper, paste them into countless sky lanterns, and then use the upward gravity of the smoke to take them into the sky. Each small sky lantern rose, and the people in the camp shouted: "Mr. Zhuge Break out of the siege by sitting on a sky lantern!" Sima Yi actually believed it and was deceived. This plan saved Mr. Zhuge's life.
Question: What are Kongming lanterns used for?
Answer: Modern people often put up sky lanterns to pray for blessings.
Men, women, old and young, hand-written blessing wishes, symbolizing a successful harvest and happiness every year. So it is also called a wishing lantern or a sky lantern! It is a folk custom in many places to put up lanterns for peace when getting married and having children! Sky lanterns can be used to organize spring outings, weddings, birthdays, festivals, young people's dating and advertising, etc.
Question: Why does Ji Lantern fly into the sky?
Answer: Kongming lanterns work on the same principle as modern hot-air balloons. The air inside the lanterns is heated and expanded to lift off. But why does hot air float? We can use Archimedes' principle to explain it: when an object has the same volume as air but a weight (density) smaller than that of air, it can fly. This is the same as the buoyancy of water.
Heating the air inside the ball, part of the air inside the ball will flow out of the ball due to the heated expansion of the air, making the internal air less dense than the outside air, so the ball filled with hot air will fly