Tang Lantern

The Xianju Lantern, also known as the Xianju needle-pierced boneless lantern, originated in Xianju County, Zhejiang Province, and dates back to the Tang Dynasty. It is commonly referred to in folk tradition as the “Tang Lantern.”Its most distinctive feature is that the lantern body requires no internal frame. Instead, it is assembled from dozens of individual panels. All decorative patterns on the surface are created by hand-piercing the paper with embroidery needles, one hole at a time. Each lantern may contain tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of tiny holes, resulting in extremely delicate craftsmanship.Combining painting, embroidery, and architectural design, this traditional lantern is renowned for its exquisite technique and unique spatial structure, and is regarded as a classic representative of Chinese traditional handicraft art.I recreated the traditional needle-pierced texture using 3D modeling so the design can visually reproduce the distinctive light-through-perfora