untilthesuidynastyinthesixthcentury,emperoryangdiinvitedenvoysfromothercountriestochinatoseethecolorfullightedlanternsandenjoythegala(节日的，庆祝的)performances.

bythebeginningofthetangdynastyintheseventhcentury,(宵禁令),.

inthesongdynasty,,withfiguresfromfolktalespaintedonthelanterns.

however,,,,thelocalpeoplewouldgotheretoseethebeautifullightedlanternsondisplay.

today,"ssichuanprovince,forexample,,theparkisliterallyanoceanoflanterns!,spiralingupa27-meter-highpole,!