Beijing, February 17 (Reporter Shangguan Yun) At the 2022 CCTV Lantern Party, a variety of lantern riddles aroused the interest of many viewers.
For example, the dance poetry drama "Only This Green" made into a lantern riddle, and the riddle is "only the color of the landscape". In the guessing session, Meng Qingyang, the lead dancer of the dance poetry drama, answered with elegant dance movements. Soon, the "green waist puzzle face" was on the hot search.
2022 CCTV Lantern Party 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 a puzzle activity with quite cultural connotations.
There are many types of riddles, and in general, the puzzle text requirements are simple and easy to understand. The riddle of the riddle is very wide, and idioms and so on can be enigmatic. There are also people who summarize various methods of guessing riddles, including supplementary methods, half-sided methods, and so on.
With the passage of time, people's love for guessing riddles has gradually grown. The riddle was more and more perfect in terms of production and rhetoric, and later there was a fixed format, which is usually referred to as the "three elements of the riddle", that is, the puzzle, the puzzle and the puzzle.
The custom of guessing lantern riddles has been reflected in some literary and artistic works. In "Dream of the Red Chamber", there are many descriptions of the plot of the Lantern Festival and guessing the riddle of the lantern in Jia Province.
In general, the history of lantern riddles is very long. Some people believe that the lantern riddle was first developed from riddles, originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and is a literary and artistic game full of witty and humorous meanings.
In the Song Dynasty, a variety of riddles were gradually combined with dazzling lanterns. The "Old Events of Wulin Lamps" mentions: "Write poems with silk lamps, laugh at the times, and paint characters, hide their heads, and old Beijing proverbs, and tease pedestrians." ”
Infographic: Tourists who enjoy the flower lanterns and guess the riddles of the lanterns are endless. Photo by Sun Runjun
During the Southern Song Dynasty, there were more people in Lin'an who made puzzles and guessed puzzles every Lantern Festival. Some people will write riddles on a note and paste them on colorful lanterns for people to guess, which is interesting and fun, enriching the fun of lantern viewing during the Lantern Festival and is more popular.
Some articles mentioned that the Ming Dynasty literary scholar Wang Jun recorded in the "Gu Su Zhi": "In Shangyuan Lantern City, the tibetan mysterists are called 'bullet wall lamps'. The so-called "bullet wall lamp" refers to the lantern leaning against the wall on one side and pasting puzzle strips on three sides. Because of the sticking puzzle on the lamp, it is called "lamp riddle".
Slowly, the riddle became one of the sources of happiness at the lantern fair. In the "Yanjing Miscellaneous Records", it is mentioned, "From the second to the sixteenth day of the first year, the liuli factory was opened, and the lantern riddle was set up in the Upper Yuan, and the guess was rewarded with material rewards, which was commonly known as hitting the lamp tiger." "Guess right, and you'll get a little reward."
In addition, "riddles are very classic, from the scriptures, down and to the lyrics, and the non-learned ones are also profound." That is to say, many riddles are both informative and interesting, and if you want to guess, you may really need some knowledge reserves.
To this day, guessing the riddle is still a necessary part of many people to celebrate the Lantern Festival. A series of interesting lantern riddles, accompanied by flower lanterns flowing with light and shadow, decorate the traditional festivals with colorful colors and bring endless joy to men, women and children.
Lantern guessing lantern riddles not only has the interest of life, but also tests the reaction ability and cultural accomplishment of the guessers, which can be called elegant and popular appreciation. Perhaps it is for this reason that this ancient custom is still alive and widely welcomed. (End)