Now, steel wire, cellophane paper and colored silk have replaced the traditional bamboo and paper used in lantern-making. Many are also mass-produced in plastic.
鐵絲取代傳統的竹篾，彎折度更大，且簡便易用；彩色玻璃紙、絹布也比原本素樸的紙糊活潑豔麗；甚至塑膠燈也出籠了，大型花燈中還加入了電氣設備，周處打虎殺蛟、孫悟空大破蜘蛛洞等場面「動」感十足。