“五猖太平灯”是国家级非物质文化遗产“东至花灯”的主要灯种之一，历史悠久、寓意丰富，集民间歌舞杂耍、原始工艺、宗教信仰等原生态文化符号为一体，凝聚着当地百姓的集体记忆，反映出劳动人民的精神风貌。对“太平灯”的考察兼顾历时性和共时性两个视角，一方面通过“空间”描述，考索其历史源流，揭示其在“变”与“不变”中发生、发展的空间状态与区域结构；另一方面，廓明其演绎形式，以解密其中蕴含的多重文化内涵，依据仪式的普遍性辨识出其“偶像”与“真身”，有益于探索传承和保护以“五猖太平灯”为代表的区域性、小众型非遗之路。

"Wuchang Taiping Lantern" is one of the main types of the national intangible cultural heritage "Dongzhi Lantern". It has a long history and rich meanings. It integrates the original cultural symbols such as folk songs and dances, original crafts and religious beliefs. It embodies the collective memory of the local people and reflects the spiritual outlook of the working people. The research on "Taiping Lantern" takes into account both diachronic and synchronic perspectives. On the one hand, through the description of "space", the research explores its historical origin and reveals its spatial state and regional structure of occurrence and development in "change" and "invariance"; on the other hand, its deductive form is interpreted to decipher the multicultural connotations contained therein, and identify the "idol" and "reality" according to the universality of the ritual, which is beneficial to the exploration of inheritance and the protection of the regional and minority intangible cultural heritage represented by the "Wuchang Taiping Lantern".