Solar powered lighting device and method of using the same

A solar powered lighting device, comprising:

• an upper housing;
• a lighting structure;
• and
• an outer housing;
• wherein the lighting structure is disposed in the outer housing, and the upper housing is fixed to a top portion of the outer housing;
• the lighting structure comprises a solar photovoltaic panel, a solar battery compartment, a light string, and a light string accommodation unit;
• the light string is fixed on the light string accommodation unit, the solar battery compartment is disposed on a top portion of the light string accommodation unit, the solar battery compartment is connected to the solar photovoltaic panel, and the solar photovoltaic panel is disposed on a top portion of the upper housing;
• the upper housing comprises a mounting frame, the solar photovoltaic panel is fixed in the mounting frame, a solar battery is disposed in the solar battery compartment, the solar battery is electrically connected to a first end of the light string, and a light string hook is disposed at a second end of the light string;
• the light string accommodation unit is rotatably connected to the upper housing or the solar battery compartment through a bearing;
• the light string accommodation unit comprises an upper fixing plate, a fixing column, and a lower fixing plate, the upper fixing plate and the lower fixing plate are connected through the fixing column, the upper fixing plate, the fixing column, and the lower fixing plate are integrated, a cross section of the light string accommodation unit is I-beam shaped, and one side of the light string is fixed on the fixing column;
• a mounting hole is defined on a bottom portion of the outer housing, a rotating plate is mounted at the mounting hole through a peripheral groove thereof, and the light string accommodation unit is fixed on the rotating plate;
• and
• a recess is defined on a first side of the rotating plate, an accommodation groove is defined on a second side of the rotating plate, an insertion hole penetrates through the accommodation groove, the lower fixing plate defines a threaded hole configured to operatively engage with a retraction rod.