The implication of solve riddles on the lanterns during the Lantern Festival is that it is the night of spring returns, and people celebrate it, which is also the continuation of celebrating the Spring Festival.

"solve riddles on the lanterns", also called "playing riddles", is an activity added after the Lantern Festival, which appeared in the Song Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the capital Lin 'an made riddles every Lantern Festival, and there were many people guessing riddles. At the beginning, it was a busybody who wrote riddles on paper and pasted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess.

Because riddles are enlightening and interesting, they are welcomed by all walks of life in the process of spreading. The folk custom of eating Yuanxiao during the Lantern Festival. Yuanxiao is made of glutinous rice, either solid or stuffed.

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Solve riddles on the lanterns rule

1, the answer and the riddle can't have the same words.

2. If the riddle of a riddle requires guessing more than two words, then the answer must be written.

3, guess the answer, must be limited within the scope of the puzzle, guessing must be according to the requirements of the puzzle to guess.

4. The last rule is that the meaning of the riddle and the meaning of the riddle must be small and big, not big and small, otherwise it will be a problem of "hanging upside down" in lantern riddle terminology.