(Baonghean.vn) - The lantern in hamlet 10, Thanh Duong commune (Thanh Chuong) was completed on the night of October 2 and is considered the "biggest" lantern in Nghe An during the 2017 Mid-Autumn Festival.
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| The lamp is 3.4 m high with 3 parts: base, body, top; made from materials: steel, fabric, canvas, cardboard... Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The lamp base is the part with the largest circumference (9.78 m), many people can sit and work inside. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The lamp base and lamp top take up more than 2/3 of the communal cultural house yard. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The body of the lamp consists of a lantern and a lamp wheel. The 2m high lantern is a hexagonal cylinder made of steel and silk. The circumference of the lantern is 7.8m, using nearly 17m of white silk to surround it. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The reel is a cylinder 1.8m high and 1.9m in diameter. Around the reel are 46 parallel fishing lines. On the reel are 2 cross-shaped steel bars, connected to the transmission part is a small motor. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Inside the lantern wheel, the “pieces” are attached to fishing lines, arranged according to each theme: animals, objects, production activities... in which the most notable are folk images such as: fishing, fishing traps, plowing... When the lantern wheel rotates, these images will move on the lantern one by one. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Close-up of a cardboard “horse” attached to a fishing line. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| In the middle of the lantern reel is designed a lamp post, with a round light bulb attached, which is the center of the light for the lantern reel. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Mr. Nguyen Phung Hung (37 years old), the designer of the lantern, said: This "giant" lantern is a joint product of the whole village. Many middle-aged and young people worked together for several days and nights continuously. The cost of buying the raw materials alone was 6 - 7 million VND. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| When assembling the parts, the workers had to use many scaffoldings placed around to be able to lift the lamp top and place it on the lamp body. The lamp was completed on the night of October 2, and the locals felt excited and proud of their village's "huge" lantern. The lamp will be displayed at Thanh Duong Commune Stadium on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. Photo: Huy Thu |
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