A large Qing Dynasty bead lantern made of 1.2 million glass beads
This is the most amazing cultural relic I have photographed this year. In an old house in Shangyang Village, Yiwu, Zhejiang, a large bead lantern that is over a hundred years old is on display.
The lantern is 3.6 meters high and 2.2 meters in diameter. It is made of more than 1.2 million glass beads and weighs 378 kilograms. It is hard to imagine how much manpower was spent to complete it at that time.
There are 3 large lanterns in the middle of the lantern, and 6 strings of small lanterns with poems around it. The couplets made of colorful glass beads are "Colorful rivers and lakes are beautiful, why worry about the end of the curtain moon. Better than Yichun Garden, and the same as the city that never sleeps. The light shines on the bullfighting, and the precious pearls are bright."