Lantern Festival & first full moon after Chinese New Year
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People are guessing lantern riddles in Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Feb. 9, 2017. [Photo / VCG] |
Guessing lantern riddles
Guessing lantern riddles is an essential part of the Lantern Festival. Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owner to check their answer. If they are right, they will get a little gift. The activity emerged during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). As riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom, it has become popular across the whole social strata.
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