Stone lanterns were mainly popular in the Han and Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern
Dynasties, and were mainly produced in eastern and southern Gansu, which are mainly
produced in the "hometown of grotto art", and Guyuan, Haiyuan, Longde, Pengyang and
other places in Ningxia, which are closely related to Buddhism. spread in China.
Stone lamps are the earliest lamps used by ancient ancestors. In ancient times, natural
stone lamps basically did not need to be shaped, but only had the function of lighting. Artificial
stone lamps, such as the "hole lamps" and "bamboo stick lamps" that our ancient ancestors
relied on on the cave walls, are only the prototype of lamps, and they do not yet have the
elements of lamps.