Tiancun Lantern Making Skills in Gan County (the third batch of provincial level) Tiancun Lantern has a long history. It began in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Tiancun Lantern inherits the essence of the Central Plains lantern art. With the development of the times, through the practical creation of artists of all generations, it integrates many folk arts such as paper cutting, paper carving, painting, filling embroidery, squeezing powder, dyeing, and hardening. It has a unique shape, delicate production, and exquisite decoration, which can be called "the best in Jiangnan". As a folk art, it was a form of festival celebration for Hakka ancestors at that time, and its origin can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. The palace and some dignitaries hung several palace lanterns at their doorsteps on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to show off their door lintels. Later, wealthy people in the folk also imitated it. Tiancun Lantern has many varieties and unique characteristics. The earliest ones were colorful lanterns, palace lanterns, and revolving lanterns, and then gradually developed into flower basket lanterns, landscape and character drama story lanterns, canopy lanterns, archway lanterns, tortoise pattern lanterns, unicorn lanterns, lion lanterns, elephant lanterns, cloud lanterns, lotus lanterns, and frame lanterns. During the heyday of Tiancun lantern development, there were 25 varieties of lanterns, including "palace lanterns, vase lanterns, pavilions, flower baskets, ancient pavilions, archways, symbols, flower boats, drum lanterns, birds, animals, insects, fish, flowers, trees, beads, balls, sachets, tags, utensils, dragon lanterns, revolving horses, dragon-carrying lanterns, and frame lanterns." The Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival in Tiancun is held every three years according to traditional customs (in the years of Zi, Mao, Wu and You). In the first morning of August, lanterns are lit and hung, and the lanterns are put down and lit on the evening of August 15, which lasts for 15 days. The scale of hanging lanterns is as follows: according to traditional customs, every street resident has at least one lantern for every two households, one lantern for every household, or several lanterns for every household. When hanging lanterns, white or black cloth is used to cover the sky above the street, and various lanterns are hung under the cloth to make it more spectacular and prevent the lanterns from getting wet in rainy days. This method of hanging lanterns is called "hiding the sky and crossing the sea" by later generations. Today's Tiancun lanterns not only inherit the traditional lantern art characteristics, but also have the innovation and development of folk artists in lanterns, integrating modern high technology with ancient lantern art, making them more gorgeous and bright, and dazzling.