Ancient architecture can be roughly divided into two categories: real ancient architecture and antique architecture. Under the condition of modern technology, antique building is to build a style of imitating ancient buildings by using modern building materials. To do well in lighting of ancient buildings, we need to understand the basic knowledge of architectural culture.

The lighting of ancient buildings is improved with special methods through lighting treatment, emphasizing architectural theme and cultural symbols, so as to achieve clearer lighting image and expression. With the help of background lighting, it can directly convey the cultural information contained in the building. From the perspective of design creativity, lighting art should match the characteristics of ancient architectural forms and cultural symbols, and pay more attention to the reasonable use of lighting technology and the coordination with the surrounding environment.

As a special form of architecture, ancient architecture carries a lot of historical and cultural information. All these make the lighting of ancient buildings become an important night scene. In addition to the continuous emergence of antique buildings, from the perspective of shaping landscape vision, landscape lighting must accurately convey the cultural connotation of architecture while fully displaying the beauty of architecture.