The origin of the lamp comes from man's pursuit of light and the discovery of fire. The appearance of fire allowed humans to become independent of all things, mastering light and heat. Since humans learned to drill wood and flint to make fire, fire not only bid farewell to the barbaric era of drinking blood and fur, but also dispels darkness and brings light and warmth. Primitive people painted pine resin or fatty things on bark or wood chips, bundled them together, and made torches for lighting, which became the first "lamp" in the sense of human creation. After a long time, it appeared Use various vegetable oils for lighting, put the oil in a container, add a wick to light it, and become the originator of oil lamps. After human beings exploited oil, kerosene lamps appeared, and a glass lampshade was added on them to emit light, and gas lamps also appeared.

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Oil lamp lighting occupies a very important part of human history. During this period, oil lamps have been improved many times. The oil used in oil lamps was changed from animal oil to vegetable oil, and finally to kerosene. The wick has also undergone the changing process of grass, cotton thread, and multiple strands of cotton thread. In order to prevent the wind from blowing the fire out, people put a cover on the oil lamp. The early cover was made of paper, which was very unsafe, and later a glass cover was used. Such oil lamps are not afraid of wind, and can be used outdoors as well, and they burn well and do not emit black smoke. Around the 3rd century BC, candles made of beeswax appeared, and by the 18th century, candles made of paraffin were improved and mass-produced using machines. In the middle of the 19th century, the British invented the gas lamp, which made human lighting technology a big step forward. But at first this kind of light was very unsafe, and it was easy to be dangerous when used indoors, so it was only used as a street light. The commonly used lighting tools are kerosene lamps, and the white light has become a relatively good lighting fixture. In the pursuit of light, human beings are not satisfied. While using oil lamps for lighting, they are still looking for other lighting methods. Some people have also used the fluorescent light emitted by a large number of fireflies to illuminate. Although it is not practical, it can be regarded as a strange method in the history of human lighting. With the advent of the era of human electrification, the revolution of fire as a lamp has completed its mission and gradually withdrawn from the history of human lighting.

As an ancient civilization with a long history, China has unique lamp technology and culture. The development and evolution of lamps have been around for a long time. According to archaeological data, as early as about 700,000 to 200,000 years ago, the Paleolithic Peking Man began to use fire in their lives, and at the latest in the Spring and Autumn Period, there were already formed lamps and lanterns. According to the records, lamps and lanterns are found in the legendary Yellow Emperor period, and there are also official positions in "Zhou Li" dedicated to making fire or lighting. As a tool for lighting, the lamp can actually achieve the most primitive function as long as there is a disc containing fuel, plus oil and a wick. The appearance of lamps with a certain shape is the result of people's combination of practicality and aesthetics.

Early oil lamps, similar to the earthenware container "bean". "Wadou is called climbing (stirrup)". The upper plate and the lower seat are connected by columns in the middle. Although the shape is relatively simple, it has established the basic shape of Chinese oil lamps. Since then, after the baptism of bronze culture and the improvement of casting technology, oil lamps, like other utensils, have achieved important development in modeling, creating the brilliance of Chinese oil lamp art.

From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty, the high development of oil lamps has deviated from practical specific requirements. Like other utensils, it has become a ritual utensil in a specific era. grand occasion. social and political regulations. The representative works of this period include the Warring States silver-headed human-shaped lantern and fifteen lanterns unearthed in Sanji, Pingshan, Hebei; the Western Han dragon-shaped lantern unearthed from the Nanyue King Tomb in Guangzhou; Lamps; Western Han Feathered Lamp unearthed in Datang, Wuzhou, Guangxi; Bull-shaped lamp unearthed in Ganquan Mountain, Hanjiang, Jiangsu; Eastern Han lying human-shaped chandelier found in Changsha, Hunan; Eastern Han Yanyu lamp unearthed in Xiangfen County, Shanxi.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, with the maturity of celadon technology, celadon lamps began to replace the previous bronze lamps.

Because celadon lamps are cheap and easy to popularize, oil lamps with certain shapes and decorations have begun to be widely used by the people. And because of the technical characteristics of celadon, a shape and decoration corresponding to this technology also appeared. The representative works of this period include the celadon lantern of the Three Kingdoms unearthed from the Wu Tomb in Qingliang Mountain, Nanjing; the celadon lantern of the Eastern Jin Dynasty unearthed in Ruian, Zhejiang; the celadon lamp of the Northern Qi Dynasty unearthed in Taiyuan, Shanxi; For lotus lamps, new materials are constantly used in the production of oil lamps, such as copper, iron, tin, silver, jade, stone, wood, glass, etc., and there are many varieties. Due to the highly developed economy in the Tang Dynasty, practical and decorative or purely decorative lamps began to appear in large numbers in the court and the Lantern Festival, such as lanterns, lamp wheels, lamp trees, lamp maids in lamp towers, revolving lanterns, turpentine lamps, Kongming lanterns, wind lanterns, etc. These novel and unique lamps and lanterns set off the prosperous times of that era and become a legend that has been passed down through the ages.

The lamps and lanterns of the Song Dynasty continued the glory of the prosperous age, "there is a lotus lamp in each watt-long", "the candles are shining brightly in the evening, reflecting up and down". Due to the development of the ceramic industry, each kiln has its own unique ceramic oil lamps. "Don't use copper lamps for book lamps, but porcelain is the most fuel-efficient." The oil-saving lamps that started in the Tang Dynasty became popular in the Song Dynasty. "There are porcelain lamps in Shu, and water is poured into the lips of the lamp, which can save half of the oil." (Lu You's "Lu Fangweng Collection"), and the "Capricorn Lamp" of the Liao Dynasty shows the national characteristics of the minority areas. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, blue and white and pastel oil lamps gradually became the new trend of lamps. Since then, the development of oil lamps has been followed by foreign oil lamps, until the emergence of electric lamps, a historical culture with thousands of years of lamps. The appearance of oil lamps and electric lamps turned a new page. In the long history of China, there have also been many oil lamps that reflect the wisdom and creativity of the Chinese nation.