物质文明的发展反映了人类文明的历史,考古学以人所创造的劳动和生活用品作为人类文明史的一个重要的佐证。在这一历史中,烛灯是起源较早、延续和发展时间较长的生活用品之一。烛和灯起源于火的发现和人类开始使用火的需要。烛进入人类生活之中,至少有3000年的历史。我国先秦时尚无蜡烛。《礼·曲礼》:“烛不见跋。”最古老大烛,是用松、竹、麻、苇等制成的火把,即火烛。商代甲骨文中有字像人跪坐,双手持火炬,炬上烟火腾腾—— The development of material civilization reflects the history of human civilization. Archeology uses the labor and daily necessities created by man as an important evidence of the history of human civilization. In this history, candle light is one of the daily necessities that originated earlier, continued and developed for a longer time. Candles and lamps originate from the discovery of fire and the need of humans to begin using fire. Candle into human life, at least 3,000 years of history. No pre-Qin candle in our country. “Ceremony Ceremony”: “candle does not see Postscript.” The oldest candle is made of pine, bamboo, hemp, reed and other torches, that is, fire candles. There is a word in Shang and Shang dynasties like knelt, both hands holding a torch, a torch on the torch -