Abstract: The Timo Lamp, which lasted for more than 300 years, is not only a historical and cultural heritage, but also an important part of the folk-art culture around Chaohu Lake. The lamps fully reflect the cultural and artistic aesthetics in this region. This paper takes the Wuwei Timo Lamp as the study object, sorts out its development lineage and characteristics, and carries out a systematic analysis of its aesthetic value. This will facilitate the extraction of its characteristic elements and its integration into modern and innovative designs, which will better bring the Timo Lamp into the public eyes, integrate it into modern designs, bring it out of its stereotype and make it really "alive", so as to achieve the purpose of protection, inheritance and innovation for a longer time, and promote the inheritance and development of traditional culture.

Key words: the Timo Lamp, aesthetic value, innovative design, intangible cultural heritage