Yangzhou Lanterns, a traditional art project in the first batch of representative projects of municipal intangible cultural heritage. Yangzhou lanterns originated in the Han Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. With a history of more than a thousand years, it has formed a strong and distinctive local cultural characteristics. It has a variety of types, unique ideas, exquisite lamps, and sophisticated production. It is unique in shape, production, and style. The artistic characteristics of lanterns are "skillful, beautiful, and lively". In addition to color tying, paper cutting, mounting, and embroidery, Yangzhou crafts also pay attention to the preparation of calligraphy and painting, poetry, and has a strong humanistic atmosphere. The horn lanterns (glazed lanterns) made of cow and sheep horns, the palace lanterns and revolving lanterns with bamboo springs as frames and various gauze and silk mountings are all classics of Yangzhou folk lanterns. "Yangzhou Lanterns" were listed as a protected traditional arts and crafts variety in Jiangsu Province in 1997. Research on the historical origins, forms, contents, and artistic characteristics of Yangzhou lanterns is of great value to the study of Chinese folklore, folk art, and humanities and social sciences. Under the new environment of the socialist market economy, people's values and aesthetic needs have changed dramatically. Artists cannot make a living by relying solely on lantern-making skills. It is now difficult to see lantern works with traditional Yangzhou characteristics, especially the unique skills such as the corner lanterns that were once popular are facing an endangered state. How to take corresponding protection measures and effectively promote inheritance and development is an urgent issue before us.