Classic riddles in lantern festival activities

Solve riddles on the lanterns is a unique traditional folk entertainment form with rich national style in China, and it is a characteristic activity of the Lantern Festival spread since ancient times. This is the slogan I compiled for the lantern riddle activity. Let's have a look.

Solve riddles on the lanterns slogan at the lantern festival.

1, promoting Chinese civilization; build a harmonious society

2. Excavate the cultural background of xx; Create the hometown of xx in China

3. The new beauty of an ancient city of 3,000 years; 500-step strip mystery bonus

4. meet xx and fight tigers; Experience the folk customs of the ancient city

5. Carrying the tradition of the New Year Festival; Riddle brand

6. Enjoy the lanterns to create a festive atmosphere; Solve riddles on the lanterns, experience the rural customs.

7. The country is prosperous and mysterious; Inherit tradition and promote development.

8. Enhance the city's taste with culture as its connotation; Take riddles as a carrier to enrich holiday life.

The origin of lantern riddles

In ancient times, every Lantern Festival, people always regarded Cao Fu as a joke. Lantern riddles first developed from riddles and originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. This is a literary game full of ridicule, discipline, humor and banter. Lantern riddles hung on lanterns for people to guess and shoot began in the Southern Song Dynasty. "Old Things in Wulin: Lights" records: "People write poems with silk lights, laugh at them, draw words, hide their heads and swear words, and tease pedestrians. Zhufu network

"Lantern Festival, the imperial city does not stay at night, and the spring night will enjoy the lanterns. People are mixed, and riddles are in the lights, reflected in candles, and listed on the road. Public speculation, so it is called riddles. Solve riddles on the lanterns became a riddle, and there is an interesting story.

According to legend, a long time ago, there was a rich man named a smiling tiger. When you meet a well-dressed man, you try your best to curry favor with him; Seeing the poor man in rags, he blew his beard and stared. There was a young man named Wang Shao. Once when he went to borrow food, he was thrown out of the door because of his rags. Wang Shao became more and more angry when he went back. On the night of Lantern Festival, I tied a big lantern and came to the front of the smiling tiger's house. This big lantern is engraved with a poem. A smiling tiger came forward to watch and saw that it read:

The head is as white as silver.

It is said that there is no money;

Eyes grow to * * *,

Only clothes, not people.

After reading it, the smiling tiger flushed with anger and flew into a rage, shouting, "Good boy, how dare you scold your master." He ordered his servant to get the lantern. Wang Shao hurriedly picked up the lantern and said with a smile, "Hey, master, don't be suspicious. My four poems are a mystery, and the answer is' needle'. Think about it. How is this "needle" for you? Could it be that the' needle' told you, or how do you know it was you? " A smiling tiger thought, yes, so he just glared angrily and left, and everyone around him laughed happily. After the story spread, it spread further and further.

In the second year of Lantern Festival, people followed suit and wrote riddles on lanterns for people to guess and shoot for fun. So it's called "lantern riddle". Since then, solve riddles on the lanterns has become an important activity of the Lantern Festival. There are several chapters in A Dream of Red Mansions about guessing riddles on lanterns in the Qing Dynasty. Lantern riddles have been passed down to this day. Although Spring Lantern Riddle belongs to the literary trail, it covers all aspects from astronomy to geography, classics to history and modern knowledge. Unless you have a certain cultural literacy, it is not easy to guess. And its mystery is enough to express one's feelings, exercise one's thinking and inspire one's spirit. This is an educational entertainment.

In ancient times, there was a custom of midnight snack "watching the well at Yuanxiao". An old proverb says, "It is beautiful to look at a well." It is said that it will be more beautiful to see the well water after supper, so ancient girls often look down at the well water when the Lantern Festival is bright and exquisite, hoping that they can become more lovely and show their beauty. In addition to retaining many interesting game customs, there are many anecdotes about the Lantern Festival. The idiom "only state officials are allowed to set fires, and people are not allowed to light lamps" is interesting because of the Lantern Festival. According to legend, there was a man named Tiandeng in the Song Dynasty who became a state official. In order to avoid "official taboo", he was arrogant and forbade people to say "Deng". Because "Deng" and "Deng" are homophonic, people are not allowed to say "Deng", and "lighting" can only be called "ignition". During the Lantern Festival, the state official posted a notice saying, "The state set fire to it for three days as usual." Because of his unruly behavior on weekdays, people laughed at his notice that "only state officials are allowed to set fires, and people are not allowed to light lamps".

Basic information about solve riddles on the lanterns.

Qing dynasty-solving riddles on lanterns

Hit the wall lamp and post three questions, rubbing shoulders and guessing puzzles.

This seems to be a question filmed in the previous court, and Si Wen is alert to solve the question.

Soft anecdote

As a traditional folk culture with a long history, The Story of the Old Wulin contains: "Cut short silk lanterns to write poems, laugh at the rich, draw figures, hide argot, and tease pedestrians with old Beijing slang. On the Lantern Festival, the imperial capital stayed up all night. The Lantern Festival in the Spring Festival Evening is full of various performances. Poems and riddles are reflected on lights and candles and juxtaposed on the avenue for anyone to guess; So it's called "lantern riddle". "Puzzle experts organize puzzle clubs. Mystery clubs were also popular in the Qing Dynasty. For example, during the Guangxu period, lantern riddle organizations such as Zhuxi Houshe, Shehu and Ping She appeared. In the meantime, guessing people gather, and all teahouses or restaurants or their own furniture houses are used as guessing places. Or study and discuss; Or hang a riddle to attract speculation and entertain the people. Lantern riddles have four sides, three of which are labeled and one is attached to the wall. This kind of lamp is also called wall lamp. Whoever guesses correctly will be given a small gift as a souvenir. Tao Zhen's poem "playing riddles" in the Qing Dynasty said: "Yi Deng is like a bean hanging on the door, but grass can be busy with the art garden. "If you want to ask, if you are still in doubt, why think about fame and fortune?"