The riddle is also called Hu Wen. To solve the riddle on the lantern is to kill the tiger. Lantern riddles are riddles written on colored lights, which originated from folk riddles three thousand years ago.

According to the data that can be verified, there were riddles written on paper in the Three Kingdoms period, and at the latest in the Southern Song Dynasty, there were real riddles, that is, a scholar posted riddles on gauze lanterns on Lantern Festival night to attract passers-by to enjoy them. ?

Riddles and answers:

1, I don't rest every day. When I walked twelve miles, someone came to see me and look at my face. (a daily necessities)-answer: clocks and watches

2, the steel-toed wooden legs are long, the mouth is wide and the mouth is wide, and it is dedicated to the ground. The more you chew, the brighter you get. (Punch a tool)-Answer: hoe.

3, the yellow cattle gave birth to white cattle, which have a sound, bigger than the mother's, and a group of two. (Hit a food)-Answer: popcorn.

4, body length, the whole body shines, the head is pointed and pointed, and the tail has long eyes. (Hit something)-Answer: Needle.

5, hunchbacked brother, toothy, climb Maoshan, slowly pass. (Hit a living creature)-Answer: Comb.

6. Bamboo makes railings, wood makes walls, and only pigs are raised, not sheep. Three boys came to catch pigs, and the pigs were scared into each other. (Hit something)-Answer: abacus.

7, small broom, everyone must have, in the gap of white stone, remove dirt. (Hit a living creature)-Answer: toothbrush

8, little white dove, long tail, I drink soup, it tastes first. (Hit something)-Answer: spoon.

9. I have a good friend who shakes hands every day, talks about what's going on in the world and never opens his mouth. (Hit an ordinary object)-Answer: newspaper.

10, hard and soft, narrow and wide, people come to rest, it goes to work. (smashing a daily necessities)-Answer: bed