燈籠作為民間傳統(tǒng)工藝，現(xiàn)仍受到全國各地的歡迎。燈籠藝術(shù)，作為中國珍貴傳統(tǒng)文化的一部分，在民間仍被繼承著。我們可以說燈籠在中國悠久的歷史中發(fā)揮著巨大而不可替代的作用，它象征著燦爛的的中國文化。中國燈籠不但在中國歷史上扮演著重要的角色，在國際發(fā)明中，發(fā)展也作出了巨大貢獻(xiàn)。一些西方國家通過傳教士活動(dòng)和對外貿(mào)易，掌握了中國燈籠的設(shè)計(jì)及制作技巧，極大的促進(jìn)了其社會(huì)發(fā)展。

Lanterns,the traditional folk craftwork,are still popular all over the country now. The art? of lanterns,as a part of the precious traditinal Chinese culture,is still inherited among the people. We can say that lanterns played an important and irreplaceable role in Chinese long history,and they also symbolize the? brilliant culture of China. Chinese lanterns not only played an important role in Chinese history,but also made great contributions to the international inventions. Some Western countries got the skills of designing and making Chinese lanterns by means of missionaries and foreign trading,which greatly fastened their social development.

craftwork ? n.工藝，工藝品

inherited ?? v.繼承 ? ? ? ? // ? ? ?? adj.遺傳的，繼承權(quán)的

irreplaceable ? ? adj.無可替代的，獨(dú)一無二的

invention ?? n.發(fā)明物

missionaries ? ? n.傳教士，工作人員