Lighting and politics with a strong correlation between, improved lighting conditions, for those in power, the darkness can hide a challenger against, control and leading social order.

    In the case of insufficient lighting conditions, the darkness of night is always inconvenience and fear. Therefore, the "sunrise, resting after sunset," the habit of not only self-adjust the rhythm of life is also a lack of lighting conditions, the result of limited social activities. Improve the lighting conditions, a more full and efficient use of light energy, means for the public convenience, wealth and security; for those in power, the darkness can hide a challenger against, control and leading social order. In alternating light and shadow between the power structure of the patterns are constantly changing.

    As the Stone Age, the most important means of artificial lighting, torch and campfire use, fully reflects the social condition of human ancestors distribution of power. Despite the Peking Man site found in China, the torch was inserted in the cave wall, cave fires burning remains the central source also indicated that there are groups, but the fire source conservation and management of the initiative, the property of tribal elders to master. In the extremely precarious living conditions, life experiences which gives them control of the power source.

    Shang dynasty, the class divide, so that artificial lighting power began to mean more clear. According to the research scholar Xuan Tang, the "Light" characters, "Fire" and "Guardian" or "fire" and "female" from top to bottom combination. "Guardian", "female" respectively, knees and kneel in the male and female slaves, that "the Yin dynasty, in order to have a stable and more sustainable lighting, will be placed is combustible objects like ceramic pots of burning light" and then with the head held by the slave, thereby expanding the effective range of lighting.

    In the long history since then, although the lighting means has been changed to animal fat as raw material, candles and oil lamps, but the level of lighting in the field are more prominent. From Spring to the Han, from a practical lamp specific requirements to become manifest the power and ritual status. Qin Shi Huang's death, to "person for the lights in the ointment", so large and complex structure of the tomb bright as day. Liu Han royal taking part in Italy, "Rebellion of the seven countries" and had their homes searched, their possession of long letters home from the Empress Dowager appropriation lanterns, and later gave the wife of Liu Sheng Jing Zhong Shan Dou York, to show grace. Wei and Jin dynasties, the upper class sophistication and luxury lighting apparatus has increased. Yin and Sun Jin Kang poor of car with "capsule Firefly" and "Ying-Xue" means hard night time, reflected not only two of hard work, there are noble and commoner status based on differences in wealth and in the light uneven distribution of utilization.

    In pre-industrial Europe, artificial lighting also has a strong political character. Months, according to research scholars Bear, beeswax from beekeeping and more monopolized by the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church will oppose reform it as a symbol of a virgin impregnated, so the light of pure beeswax as enshrined in the church's altar, the ceremony attempted in this very sense of chiaroscuro, to declare God's power. Even if public lighting has been widely accepted in the 18th century, Rome and Geneva also opposed the city's rulers appear to other artificial lighting, so as not to affect the power of God's exclusive light. This mockery of the French Enlightenment thinker Jean Jacques Rousseau Road, "God does not support use of lights."

    Distribution of artificial illumination, not only the existence of inequality between man and God, but also reflected the poor and the rich, the aristocracy were different. Rousseau's mother in the French Empire, Paris and other large cities with limited public lighting is completely seated in the carriage to the "interests of those noble, dark road or pedestrian only street in the dust on both sides of the high kick low kick to the road. " London, UK authorities have issued a decree to require the houses on both sides of Main Street to hang lanterns in the night at their own expense, to facilitate members home late at night. As the candles and oil lamps are too expensive, many poor people in Europe use the more readily available natural materials burning light. In the home of many civilians, shrubs, seaweed and peat instead of candles, "issue is not clear, but strong light." Among them, the North of England and Ireland produced a particularly widespread use of anthracite, and therefore known as the "candle of coal."

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