square column decorative candle

Candle originated in the original era of the torch. Primitive man fat or wax like on bark or wood, tied together, made for the lighting of the torch. At about third Century BC the beeswax candles may be seen today. In the west, there is a period of time, the temple in beekeeping to self-made wax, this is mainly because the Catholic church that Mila is a symbol of a virgin conception, so the beeswax as pure light, dedicated to the altar of the church. From the existing literature, beeswax in our country have roughly same time with the west, Japan is in the Nara period (710 to 784 years) in our country was introduced into the candle of, and compared to modern candle, ancient candles have many shortcomings. The Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin, "when he cut a total of west window candle" of the poem

Church candle is used for church, for praying,for memorial. A candle lighted by a worshiper in a church.