Through literature, field investigation, and the methods of oral history, the plate girders in Yongxiug county of Hunan province, an ancient village was taken as the subject. Around the Lantern Festival from the perspective of historical examination of girder "lights" activity process, the paper captures the cultural characteristics, and its value and function. Research shows that the plate girder, an ancient village "light" custom is one of the important activities of the Lantern Festival; the ecological characteristics of primitive simpli...