China News Service Client Beijing, February 17 (Reporter Shangguan Yun) At the 2022 CCTV Lantern Festival Gala, various lantern riddles aroused the interest of many viewers.

　　For example, the popular dance drama "Only Green" was made into a lantern riddle.

In the guessing session, Meng Qingyang, the lead dancer of the dance drama, answered with elegant dance moves.

Soon, "Green Waist Mystery" appeared on the hot search.

2022 CCTV Lantern Festival Video Screenshot

　　In fact, a long time ago, Chinese folk had the custom of guessing lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival.

For people, guessing lantern riddles is an intellectual activity with cultural connotations.

　　There are many types of lantern riddles. Generally speaking, the requirements of the riddles are simple, clear and easy to understand.

Lantern riddles have a wide range of answers, including idioms and so on.

Some people also summarized various methods of guessing lantern riddles, including supplementary method and half-face method.

　　Over time, people's love for guessing lantern riddles has grown.

The production and rhetoric of lantern riddles became more and more perfect. Later, there was a fixed format. What we usually call the "three elements of lantern riddles" are the riddle surface, the riddle and the riddle.

　　The custom of guessing lantern riddles has been reflected in some literary works.

In "A Dream of Red Mansions", there are a lot of descriptions about people in Jia's house celebrating the Lantern Festival, guessing lantern riddles and other plots.

　　In general, lantern riddles have a very long history.

Some people believe that lantern riddles were first developed from riddles and originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. They are literary and artistic games full of humor and laughter.

　　In the Song Dynasty, the colorful riddles were gradually combined with the dazzling lanterns.

"Wulin Old Stories • Lamps" mentioned: "Writing poems with silk lantern scissors, sometimes embarrassing, and painting figures, hiding their heads, and old Beijing jokes, teasing pedestrians."

Data map: There is an endless stream of tourists watching lanterns and guessing lantern riddles.

Photo by Sun Runjun

　　During the Southern Song Dynasty, there were more people making and guessing puzzles in Lin'an during the Lantern Festival.

Some people will write riddles on paper and paste them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. It is interesting and fun, which enriches the fun of lantern viewing during the Lantern Festival and is more popular.

　　An article mentioned that the Ming Dynasty writer Wang He recorded in "Gusu Zhi": "In Shangyuan Lantern City, the person who hides the mystery is called 'Bang Wall Lamp'." The so-called "Bang Wall Lamp" means that the lantern is against the wall on one side and pasted on three sides. Enigma strip.

It is called "lantern riddle" because of sticking riddles on the lanterns.

　　Slowly, lantern riddles became one of the sources of happiness at the lantern festival.

It is mentioned in "Yanjing Miscellaneous Notes", "From the second to the sixteenth day of the first month, Liulichang was opened, and lantern riddles were set up in Shangyuan, and people who guessed right were rewarded with things. award.

　　In addition, "the riddles are very rich in scriptures, from the scriptures, and from the lyrics and music, and those who are not deep in learning are even in the middle." That is to say, many lantern riddles are both informative and interesting. If you want to guess, you may really need Some knowledge reserves.

　　To this day, guessing lantern riddles is still a must for many people to celebrate the Lantern Festival.

One by one interesting lantern riddles, accompanied by lanterns flowing with light and shadows, decorate traditional festivals in various colors and bring endless joy to men, women and children.

　　Lantern Festival guessing lantern riddles not only has the interest of life, but also tests the reflexes and cultural accomplishment of the guessers.

Perhaps it is for this reason that this ancient custom is still alive and widely welcomed by people.

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