中英双语话中国民风民俗 第155期:冰灯
Ice Lantern
冰灯The ice lantern display first appeared one hundred years ago to mark the Lantern Festival in the northern provinces of China. There are two ways to make ice lanterns. One is to fill water into different moulds and then to freeze the water；the taken-out fillings,when connected to electric sources， are lanterns in different shapes. This is a way preferable for making smaller ice lanterns. The other is to cut different figures from great masses of natural ice with tools like axes,saws,shovels,files and so on. The figures may be in the shapes of mountain peaks，pagodas，towers, flowers and animals. When connected to electric sources, they are illuminating lanterns. An ice lantern display is a sea of lights, feast for any visitors' eyes.
冰灯最早出现一百年前中国的北方各省庆祝元宵节。有两种方法可以做冰灯。其中之一是在不同的模具里装满水，然后冻结成冰;然后取出填充物，接通电源，可制作不同形状的灯笼。这是一种适合用于制造小冰灯笼的方法。另一种是由提取然冰，像用斧头，锯子，铲子，锉刀等工具切割大量巨大的冰块。这些图形可以是山峰，宝塔，寺庙，花草和动物的形状。当连接到电源，这些灯笼会发光。冰灯展会有很多灯，为游客照亮盛宴。
