中英雙語話中國民風民俗 第155期:冰燈
Ice Lantern
冰燈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.
冰燈最早出現一百年前中國的北方各省慶祝元宵節。有兩種方法可以做冰燈。其中之一是在不同的模具裏裝滿水，然後凍結成冰;然後取出填充物，接通電源，可製作不同形狀的燈籠。這是一種適合用於製造小冰燈籠的方法。另一種是由提取然冰，像用斧頭，鋸子，鏟子，銼刀等工具切割大量巨大的冰塊。這些圖形可以是山峯，寶塔，寺廟，花草和動物的形狀。當連接到電源，這些燈籠會發光。冰燈展會有很多燈，爲遊客照亮盛宴。
