There are many kinds of lantern riddles, for example, the following types
1. Idioms
Iron roosters (an idiom) - not a penny is worth a dime
Blind men feeling the elephant (an idiom) - do not know the big picture
Being blind is not a good idea.
Candied yellow dock (打一成语)--同甘***苦
rowing a boat against the current (打一成语)--力争上游
翘翘板 (打一成语)---raise and fall
Warp board (打一成语) -Rise and fall
Good behavior (打一成语)--乘人不备
伞兵 (打一成语)--从天天而降
圆寂 (打一成语) -Sitting and waiting for death
Zero deposit and whole withdrawal (playing an idiom) - Accumulate a little to become a lot
2. Word class
Morning not to say evening not to say (playing a character) - -Hsu
One plus one (playing a word) - Wang
Up and down as one (playing a word) - Card
Phoenix head and tiger's tail (playing a word) - -Several
Short (playing a word) - Shot
Pump (playing a word) - Stone
Topping the Sky (playing a word) -
Hear the wind in the boudoir of the back village (playing a word) - seal
Another change (playing a word) - plus
3.Place names
Between the mountains and water, a party Independence (playing a place name in Chongqing) - Ful Fuling
Applause for a long time (playing a place name in Beijing) - Yanqing
Moruo countryside residence (playing a place name in Beijing) - Guo Gongzhuang
Another change (playing a word - plus)
3. -Guo GongzhuangFocus on drying up, autumn ahead into (playing a place name in Tianjin) - Heping
And Houyi bow (playing a place name in Jiangsu) - Sheyang
Majestic fortress (playing the Princess Ling
Pan Renmei sold his country (playing a place name in Inner Mongolia) - Tongliao
Solid as a golden soup (playing a place name in Hebei) - Baoding
Pan Renmei sold his country (playing a place name in Inner Mongolia)
4. Chinese medicine names
The sudden realization (playing the name of a Chinese herb) -- brain Liqing
Ten people nine deaths (playing the name of a Chinese medicine) -- Dewo
Wei Feng sweeps through (playing the name of a Chinese herb)
Lowly thinking of hometown (playing the name of a Chinese herbal medicine) - Huai Ruidi
Red Cross (playing the name of a Chinese herbal medicine) - Jiu Yi Dan
The green light (playing the name of a Chinese herb) - Lu Lu Tong
Three times to reflect on oneself (playing the name of a Chinese herb) - to prevent oneself
Knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger (playing the name of a Chinese herb)- -Defenestration
5. People's names
Six Kings, Four Seas, One (typing the name of a person from Dream of Red Mansions)-Qin Bangye
Three Eights, Multi-faceted (typing the name of a person from Dream of Red Mansions)-Qiao Sister
Three Eights, Multi-faceted (typing the name of a person from Dream of Red Mansions) Qiao Sister
Women 18 Ruoxi sigh separation (playing the Dream of Red Mansions) - Xing Nu
Not allowed to develop (playing the Water Margin) - Du Xing
Prohibition of transferring rooms (playing the Water Margin) --Du Qian
Shi En
6. Literary Classics
Qi, Chu, Yan, and Zhao were all subdued (playing a line from the Records of the Grand Historian) - the four kingdoms were obedient to the Emperor. -The four states obeyed
The mouth of the Ganges River is sand and sand again (typing a sentence from the Records of the Grand Historian) - it cannot be counted
The reason (typing a sentence from the Records of the Grand Historian) - all in all, those who do not deviate from the ancient texts are close to being
Stick to the end (playing the "Historical Records" sentence) - although it is not easy to die
expanded informationLantern riddles from
Guessing lantern riddles, also known as "playing lantern riddles", appeared in the Song Dynasty. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the capital city of Lin'an had a large number of people making riddles and guessing riddles during the Lantern Festival.
Beginning of the riddles were written on strips of paper and pasted on colorful lanterns for people to guess. The riddles were popular among people from all walks of life because they were both intellectually stimulating and interesting.
Because in the Song Dynasty, the rise of amusement centers "Washa" created material conditions for the development of lantern riddles, which promoted the development of lantern riddles. As a result, many literati at that time became masters of riddle-making.
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