The palace lanterns of Luoyang

The palace lanterns of Luoyang firstly appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty and flourished in Tang and Sui Dynasty. According to the tale, after the Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty made Luoyang a capital, he ordered that lanterns and coloured festoons were hung up and feasts awarded in the palace at the Lantern Festival. Later the skills of making the palace lanterns become known among the people and the name of “palace lantern " is derived from this. The palace lanterns of Luoyang are various in style and the most common ones are square lanterns with white caps , red gauze lanterns , hexagon- shaped lanterns with dragon heads on, revolving scenic lamps , butterfly  lanterns ,and lamps with designs of two dragons playing a big pearl ball, and arhat lamps ,etc., among which the red gauze lanterns are the most famous ones.

Luoyang Tang Tricolor Pottery

The tri-coloure glazed pottery is the artistic quintessence of the Tang Dynasty in the history of China.It has a history of more than 1000 years. But the tri-colour glazed pottery refers to the terra-cotta figures or earthenwares of the Tang Dynasty which have glazed colors. The colours of the pottery are mainly red, green and yellow soothe pottery is called "the tri-color glazed pottery ". The pottery is generally called three-colour glazed pottery , but not limited to those three kinds of colors .Besides red, green, yellow, there is more colours like white, black, blue and purple. Such artistic treasures of the Tang Dynasty were mainly excavated in Luoyang, so they are known as the tri-colour glazed pottery of Luoyang. The craft of reproduction and copying of the tri-colour glazed pottery has already had a history of one hundred years in LuoyangThe bronze ware The bronze wares production in Luoyang has a very long history which started in Xia Dynasty and flourished in Shang Dynasty .Luoyang has been the centre of the manufacturing industry of bronze wares of our country for a very long time. There is a saying that reads like this " Xuzhou is rich in copper while Luoyang is rich in masters of superior skills " from time immemorial. The most representative products are" horse stepping on a flying swallow "