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Chinese people recreate traditional lanterns in old paintings for yuanxiaojie (lantern festival). Actually, back in the Song and Ming dynasties, lanterns were way more varied and way more finely made. People’re still trying to get the modern versions up to that level. You can see loads of festival stuff like this in old paintings—bat kites, eagle lanterns, crane lanterns, goose lanterns, bat lanterns, Bagua lanterns, koi lanterns, “Standing Alone on the Ao Head(Number One Scholar)” lanterns, figure lanterns, toad lanterns, dolls, sheep lanterns, elephant cart lanterns, peach lanterns, giant floral lanterns, spinning lanterns, floral lanterns, rolling lanterns, bamboo horses, dog lanterns, rabbit lanterns, deer lanterns, fruit-and-melon lantern, eagle lantern, and “Kuixing Diandou” lantern (depicting The Star God of Literature and Examinations pointing to the Dipper).