Guessing lantern riddles is what festival Guessing lantern riddles is which festival

1. Guessing lantern riddles is a traditional activity of the Lantern Festival.

2, the Lantern Festival, Chinese folk "watching lanterns and guessing riddles" custom. Guessing riddles since the Southern Song Dynasty began to popularize, so far. "Guess the lantern riddle" is also called "playing lantern riddles", appeared in the Song Dynasty. In 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.

3, the beginning of the good people to write riddles on paper strips, pasted on the colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because riddles can enlighten wisdom and interest, so the process of circulation by the popularity of all walks of life.

4, to the Han Dynasty, gradually evolved into the interpretation of the text shape and meaning of the main riddles. At this time, the riddles are still relatively rough, there are folk people created, there are also literati creation. By the time of the Three Kingdoms, the written form of riddles had become very popular.

5, the Song Dynasty riddles and Lantern Festival lanterns combined to enrich the entertainment activities of the Lantern Festival, this time is the lantern riddles. Since then, the riddles have more fun, because in the Song Dynasty, the rise of amusement parks "Washi", to the development of riddles to create the material conditions, which promotes the development of riddles.