The answer to the riddle about coming back after losing a fortune is "palindrome".
China’s lantern riddles have a long history, with a history of more than 3,000 years. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, "thin words" and "cryptic words" appeared, which were the prototypes of lantern riddles. By the Han Dynasty, "lingo" began to divide into two directions. One type is a matter mystery that focuses on describing characteristics; the other type is a literal mystery that focuses on the form and meaning of words. In the Wei Dynasty, it was called "riddle". With the prosperity of poetry during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, poetic riddles appeared in large numbers and became mainstream.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, riddles were called "Yin Yin", "Yin Yu", and "Shou Ci"; in the Han Dynasty, they were called "She Fu", "Lihe", and "Charade"; in the Tang Dynasty, they were called "Irony" , "Xiehou"; in the Five Dynasties, it was called "Fushe"; in the Song Dynasty, it was called "Di Mi", "Shi Mi", "Rule Mi", "She Mi", "Zang Tou", and "Shi Yu"; in the Yuan Dynasty In the Ming Dynasty, it is called "One-legged Tiger" and "Riddle Yun";
In the Ming Dynasty, it is called "Fanqie", "Shangji", "Guess the Lantern", "Bounce? Wall", "Bounce the Wall Lamp", " Lantern riddles", "spring riddles"; in the Qing Dynasty, they were called "riddles", "riddles", "cuts", "shrunk riddles", "wenhu", "lantern tigers", "spring riddles", "lantern riddles" "wait.