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Where is the activity place of the Lantern Festival solve riddles on the lanterns in Zhangbei County?

Because of the COVID-19 epidemic, Zhangbei County has cancelled the activities of solve riddles on the lanterns on lanterns this year, suggesting to spend the Lantern Festival at home.

Solve riddles on the lanterns, also known as playing riddles, is a unique form of traditional folk entertainment with national style in China. It is a characteristic activity of the Lantern Festival that has been circulated since ancient times. On the 15th day of the first lunar month, people in China will hang lanterns and set off fireworks. Later, some busybodies wrote riddles on paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess.

Because riddles can enlighten wisdom and cater to the festive atmosphere, many people respond, so solving riddles on lanterns has gradually become an indispensable program for the Lantern Festival. Lantern riddles add to the festive atmosphere, showing the intelligence and wisdom of the working people in ancient China and their yearning for a better life.

The structure of lantern riddles consists of three basic elements, namely, riddle, riddle and riddle. These three parts are indispensable. "Mystery" is the condition for telling riddles and the basis for thinking riddles.

This is like a "hypothesis" in geometry. "Mystery" is to limit the scope of what kind of "transaction" and answer, which is like "verification" in geometry. The answer is the answer. This is like a proven result in geometry. For example, the answer to "there are roads in the mountains" (guess the title) is "applied mechanics"

Among them, "there is a road to improvement in Shushan" is a mystery; "Subject name" is a mystery; "Applied mechanics" is the answer. Another example is "flowers fade, red and green apricots are small" (guess a technical term), and the answer is "the latest achievements". Among them, "flowers wither, red and green apricots are small" is a riddle, "technical terms" is a limited riddle, and "latest achievements" is the answer.