1. Prepare a piece of A4 paper and fold it in half; Fold in half in one direction and draw a round lantern; Draw an arc up and down, draw an arc left and right, and make the outer contour bold; Paint the lanterns with beautiful colors and deepen them with dark hooks.
2. Write a crossword puzzle for each lantern; Cut the painted lanterns with scissors and stick them on black cardboard; Draw fireworks with oil pastels, and then draw colored dots; Write the answer on the lantern; Post the written Happy Lantern Festival to solve the riddle on the lantern.
The Origin and Development of Handmade Lantern Riddles
1. Origin: Handmade riddles appeared in the Song Dynasty. During the Southern Song Dynasty, there were many people doing riddles and solve riddles on the lanterns at the Lantern Festival in Lin 'an, the capital. At the beginning, it was a busybody who wrote riddles on paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because riddles are enlightening and interesting, they are welcomed by all walks of life in the process of communication.
The origin of riddles can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. This is a literary game full of ridicule, discipline, humor and banter. Lantern riddles hung on lanterns for people to guess and shoot began in the Southern Song Dynasty. "Old Things in Wulin: Lights" records: "People make poems with silk lights, laugh at them, draw words, hide their heads and swear words, and tease pedestrians."
3. Development: The "argot" and "joke" that appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are regarded as the embryonic form of lantern riddles. During the Han and Wei Dynasties, the word "riddle" appeared, and crossword puzzles began to mature. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, with the prosperity of poetry, poetry puzzles appeared and became a trend. During the Northern Song Dynasty, solve riddles on the lanterns became popular, and the types of riddles were extremely rich. Poets such as Wang Anshi and Su Shi all have riddles scattered in some poems.
4. During the Southern Song Dynasty, during the Lantern Festival in Lin 'an, the capital, there were many people including playing riddles and solve riddles on the lanterns. At the beginning, good people wrote riddles on paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. The official name of "lantern riddle" was in the Ming Dynasty.
5. Types of hand-made riddles. Crossword puzzle is the most basic type of lantern riddle, and it is a riddle with characters as the main material. Color puzzle. There are many kinds of color puzzles, including painting puzzles, photo puzzles, paper-cut puzzles, stamp puzzles, spark puzzles, seal puzzles and so on. In addition, manual riddles also include symbolic riddles.