Jinshan Lanterns

Last updated 2026-11-10 — Zhenjiang lanterns have long enjoyed a great reputation as a traditional handicraft with a long history. The Mei brothers, a well-known lantern-making family in Zhenjiang, inherited the tradition while also innovating, and earned praise for their ingeniously designed, beautifully shaped, and exquisitely decorated lanterns. During the Spring Festival of 1985, they organized the "Jinshan Lantern Festival," which traveled from Baoding to Beijing and was warmly welcomed by the capital’s residents. It received extensive coverage from television stations and newspapers. The golden dragon playing with a pearl that they crafted soared above the entrance hall of the Chinese Pavilion at the Tsukuba World Exposition in Japan, which opened in March 1985.