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What are the Lantern Festival riddles?

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, "argot" or "awkward words" appeared, which was the embryonic form of lantern riddles. In the Southern Song Dynasty, in order to show their talents, some literati often put riddles on gauze lanterns on the Lantern Festival night to attract passers-by, hence the name "lantern riddle".

Mystery: It's like turning over (typing a word)

Answer: From

Tip: "Ya Ya" turns over like a word "Cong".

Mystery: Afraid of being fooled (make a solar term name)

Answer: Slight cold

Tip: Don't interpret "cold" as "fear". Don't refer to the upper part of the word "when", that is, "small".

Mystery: An unannounced visit to Shandong (type the name of the country)

Answer: Peru

Hint: "Shandong", referred to as "Lu".

Mystery: Jurchen invaded the Song Dynasty, divided into north and south (a word difference)

Answer: Case.

Tip: The word "female" really squeezed into the middle of the word "Song" and arranged the word "Song" at the north and south ends respectively.

Mystery: Look at beautiful colors and loud sounds (type a word)

Answer: Beautiful.

Tips: "beautiful" means "beautiful and beautiful", which can also be disassembled as "seeing green"; "Beautiful" and "bright" are pronounced the same. The riddle and the answer are combined three times.

Mystery: how to be born black (to use an idiom)

Answer: Not clear.

Tip: The answer is "I don't understand why it's not white".

Mystery: the landing point is not bad (type a word)

Answer: Gen.

Tip: The word "root" falls on a "point", which is the word "beam". "Not bad" implies "good".

Mystery: Yan Fei volleys (type the name of Qin Dynasty)

Answer: Zhao Gao.

Hint: "Zhao" in the answer means "Zhao". "volley" implies "high"

Mystery: it's difficult to make up the upper and lower couplet (a polite expression of typing three words)

Answer: Sorry.

Tip: Don't interpret "right" in the answer as "right".

Mystery: Why did Ceng Zi really kill pigs (to use an idiom)?

Answer: This is no joke.

Hint: This riddle quotes the classics of Ceng Zi's cooking. "Not a joke" should not be interpreted as "not joking with children".

Mystery: slow down by calling (playing a name)

Answer: the voice is slow

Tip: The meanings of "continuous call" and "sound" are related.

Mystery: the appeal is fruitless (type a word)

Answer: Hao

Tip: the word "good" can be broken down into "white notice"

Mystery: Zhou Lang's new love (five words in Song Dynasty)

Answer: Xiao Qiao got married for the first time.

Hint: "Zhou Lang" in the riddle refers to Zhou Yu.

Mystery: Ten points short of winning the grand prize (in one word)

Answer: Will

Tip: The unit of length "ten minutes" can be converted into inches. The word "Jiang" is short (poor) from "ten (inches)" and then "big", which can become the word "award".

Enigma: All I hear are children's voices (type a word)

Answer: Unexpectedly.

Tip: "Jing" is pronounced "Jing". The word "Jing" can be divided into "children's voice", which is consistent with the meaning of "children's voice" in the riddle.

Mystery: I'm afraid it's not easy to raise prices (to use an idiom, roll a curtain)

Answer: commendable

Tip: The "scroll box" stipulates that the answer must be read backwards to be related to the riddle. So, read this riddle backwards and read it as "expensive may be difficult"

Mystery: Xiang Zhuang Sword Dance (double-word title)

Answer: assassin

Hint: In 208 BC, Xiang Bo invited Liu Bang to dinner at Hongmen. During the dinner, Xiang Zhuang danced sword to add fun, intending to take the opportunity to assassinate Liu Bang. "Liu Bang" is a guest of the Hongmen Banquet.

Mystery: making cocoa (making a brand name)

Answer: water tune song head

Tip: The word "mixed with water" in the riddle is not interpreted as "mixed with water", but linked with the meaning of "brewing" in the riddle. The title of "Song" is not interpreted as the front of the word "Song", that is, "Ge", which is divided into "Cocoa".