Riddles are the crystallization of the wisdom of ancient Chinese people and a traditional culture and art in my country. As the name suggests, lantern riddles are riddles written on lanterns. The riddles originated from ancient folk oral riddles. Later, scribes processed them into word riddles and have been passed down in our country to this day. Lantern riddles first appeared in the Song Dynasty. Literati put puzzle strips on lanterns for people to guess. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, guessing lantern riddles was very popular among the people.
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Lantern riddles generally consist of three parts: the riddle, the riddle and the answer. Lantern riddles take advantage of the multi-meaning characteristics of the Chinese language, not taking the original meaning of the riddle and drawing other meanings from it. In lantern riddles, as long as there are words on the riddle, they cannot appear again in the answer, otherwise it will "confront each other".
Guessing lantern riddles is not only an entertainment activity, but also contains profound cultural connotations. During the ancient Lantern Festival, people went to watch the lanterns and guess riddles, while the literati drank, composed poems and guessed riddles on the lanterns. There are also many types of lantern riddles: children's lantern riddles, word riddles, animal riddles, idiom riddles, etc.
Reference materials: Lantern Riddles Baidu Encyclopedia