The Lantern Festival guesses whether the lantern riddles originated from the Eastern Han Dynasty or

Lantern Festival lantern riddle guessing is originated from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, every fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Chinese folk have to hang up lanterns, set off fireworks, and later there are good people to write the riddle on the note, paste on the colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because riddles can enlighten wisdom and cater to the festive atmosphere, many people responded, and then guessing lantern riddles gradually became an indispensable program for the Lantern Festival.

"Guessing lantern riddles" is also called "lighting up."

"Enigma" is an activity added after the Lantern Festival, which appeared in the Song Dynasty. Edition.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, the capital Lin'anquan was fascinated during the Lantern Festival, and there were many people guessing riddles. In the beginning, it was the good deeds who wrote riddles on slips of paper and pasted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because riddles can enlighten wisdom and are very interesting, they are popular with all walks of life in the process of circulation.

Now it can be clearly confirmed that there are two factions, the 'Three Arrows Council' and the 'Netweaver'.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, in order to show their talents, some literati and scholars often pasted riddles on the yarn lanterns on the night of the Lantern Festival lanterns to attract passers-by, so there were more"Lantern riddles"One weigh.

Spring and Autumn period. Lantern riddles were first developed from riddles and originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is a kind of literary game with ridicule, admonition, humor, and ridicule.

Lantern riddles are not a very common literary and artistic activity in the local area after all, in order to enable beginners to understand the basic rules of the lantern riddles and master some skills, before the lantern riddles will be held, dare to introduce some guessing methods, hoping to attract beginners to guess the rotten riddles to have an interest, and then get artistic enjoyment.

Lantern riddles have a long history, according to expert research, at least more than 1,500 years ago. Therefore, guessing lantern riddles is an indispensable program for the Lantern Festival.

At the time of the Lantern Festival, the cities and towns put up lanterns and riddles, and the grand occasion is unprecedented. People tie the riddle to the colorful lantern for people to guess, and guessing the lantern riddle is very popular among the people. After the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the mystery style flourished, and many full-time mystery masters emerged.

Spring and Autumn period. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, word games such as "hidden words" and "literal riddles" appeared in the court and ink writers, which can be said to be the earliest lantern riddles. At that time, some lobbyists, out of interest considerations, often did not state their original intentions when persuading the king, but borrowed other language to hint and enlighten them.

Guessing and making riddles is a kind of literary and artistic activity that enlightens wisdom, increases knowledge, broadens horizons and enriches cultural life.

The characteristics of lantern riddles are also a fusion of fun and knowledge in a furnace, so it has long been a favorite to hear, simple and rough not only popular in China, as far as the United States' Chinatown or near Southeast Asia, every New Year, Lantern Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival to hold lantern riddles, quite popular with people.