Lantern riddles are based on the sound, shape and meaning of Chinese characters. Since the riddle came into being, it has formed its own "body" and created a large number of "cases". This column introduces mystery and confusion. Here's how to guess the riddle. It is not difficult to catch mandarin fish after mastering the law of solving riddles on lanterns. For beginners, it is necessary to guess more, think more, remember more, word for word, from shallow to deep, from simple to complicated, carefully scrutinize the revealed answers, and gradually know what it is and why. When using riddles, mastering the rules and guessing riddles accurately, we should pay attention to the following points: 1, play with riddles, each word has many riddles, often "virtual is real, real is virtual." When guessing a riddle, we must first understand the intention of the riddle author and carefully scrutinize the words on the riddle to ensure that every word is not missed. Such as: "Song word has been covered, don't guess the wooden word", type a word. At first glance, the answer is clearly "wood", but the second sentence can't guess the word "wood"; Reading the riddle several times, it turns out that the word "Song" is a treasure cover, but when both treasure covers are removed, it becomes "Li", and when they are combined, it becomes "Li". The mystery lies in the practicality of the word "Zi", which gives the guesser room for association and thinking. Another example is: "Come back from downtown and close the door". There are several verbs in this riddle: "leave", "come back" and "approach". When you encounter a part of speech with the meaning of "increase, decrease, stay and merge" in the riddle, you should start with the method of spelling. "Noisy" is a door without "city", and the word "talent" becomes "closed" when it is put in. The meaning of "closed" is also a metaphor for the word "closed" to set off the answer. There is another sentence: "One leaf is blind, and no one is there." The way to guess the word "self" is similar to the above. First, the pictographic character of "one leaf" is "one", and the word "eye" on it constitutes "child". The second sentence "no one" means that the meaning of the word "zi" is reversed, which deepens the confusion of the answer and makes the riddle natural. Where there are words such as "go, don't, leave, divide, come, combine, have and have nothing" in the riddle, we should use these words and start with the separation method of clutch. 2, master the allusions, and widely associate some riddles with allusions. If you don't know the origin of allusions, it is impossible to guess. It is true that riddles should be popular and should not be riddled with strange, cold and unfamiliar allusions. There are countless masterpieces of riddles created by Yundian. If there is a riddle: "The foolish old man's residence", play idiom one. Gong Yu mountain is a familiar legend. When guessing riddles, we must first consider the living environment of Gong Yu. There are Taihang Mountain and Prince of Wu in front of the door, so the first step is to think that there is no answer to the words "mountain, ridge, peak and rock". The second step is to think about Gong Yu's residence. The answer may be "door, door, home, room" and so on. With these ideas, if you cut and paste materials again, words like "home is in front of the mountain" and "see the peak outside the door" may come to mind, but they are not idioms. At this time, if you look up the idiom dictionary or think again, "cut to the chase" will emerge. For another example, Zhuge Liang and Confucianism guessed the name of the Water Margin, and anyone familiar with The Romance of the Three Kingdoms knows that there is a plot of "contending with Confucianism" in Chapter 43. When guessing this riddle, we should first examine it from the riddle: Zhuge Liang's name is Kong Ming, alias "Mr. Wolong", among the generals in Water Margin 108, there is a "Mao Xing" Kong Ming, and among the "ordinary people" there is also a "day mouse" Bai Sheng. The water margin "Kongming" and "Bai Sheng" are linked together, and the mystery is tightly locked. Another example: "Cao Chong is an elephant", which is the first place in culture and art. To guess this riddle, we must first be familiar with the story of Cao Chong calling an elephant: Cao Chong took the elephant to the wooden boat, marked the submerged depth of the boat with a knife, fished it out, and then gathered countless stones, large and small, in the wooden boat. When the water was soaked in the knife marks of the elephant's weight, he took them out, and the pieces were commensurate with their weight. After knowing the allusions, we should use our brains from the tools and methods of weighing elephants. Because the answer is limited to a few words, it can only be highly summarized, that is, it is widely related to water, rivers, wooden boats, stones and nicks. There is a kind of "watermark woodcut" in cultural works of art, which just fits the mystery. Watermark woodcut also has a mystery, "Chu people seek swords." As long as you are familiar with the idioms and allusions in Carving a Boat for a Sword, you can hit it off. These two mysteries, the former describing Cao Chong's "wisdom" and the latter satirizing the "stupidity" of the Chu people, have their own merits. From the guessing process of such riddles, we can gradually accumulate a lot of allusion knowledge. 3. Polysemy. It is a common way to solve puzzles by using the ambiguity of Chinese characters in different ways. The word "white" in the above riddle "Kongming and Bai Sheng" originally means surname, so this riddle is interpreted as "white". "White" can also be interpreted as: color white, cost white, clear white, text white and so on. When guessing riddles, you should use them flexibly according to the meaning of the riddles. For example, "arranging living expenses skillfully" plays one of the actors in Yue Opera. When guessing riddles, start with the words "expenditure" and "cleverness" and deduct them from the words "gold, money, goodness, wonder and beauty". If you often watch Yue Opera, you will definitely think of an actor named Qian Miaohua. This riddle doesn't solve the words "money" and "flowers". The three words are interpreted as: using money skillfully and spending money on "cost" solution is full of fun. Another example is: spinning "Tanggula Tong" named "Navy Blue Line Card". The riddle author specially interprets the riddle as: the bayonet on the Qinghai-Tibet line is memorable after being guessed. This mystery, the author will never explain it according to the literal original meaning, otherwise, it will become a translation of language and an annotation of words, which is by no means a complete and enthusiastic mystery. 4. Follow the path and the winding path leads to a secluded place. There are straight puzzles and twists and turns. Straight and tortuous are relative, not absolute. When guessing riddles, we should study riddles carefully and make full use of known conditions. For example, a "staff" in guessing puzzles must guess two commonly used words, and if it is added or subtracted, it must be divided into two words: "wood" and "Zhang", which cannot be combined into two words; Then think about the usage of the word "staff". The crutch may be a "crutch", which is used by the elderly or people with difficulty in walking to assist in action. Holding the cane in your hand is associated with "shaking hands"; Hold it in your hand and use it while walking, which is associated with "taking away". But "shake hands" and "take away" are common words, not common words. The second idea is from "hand" to "palm" and from "take" to "hold", so I guess the answer is "grasp and execute". Another example: "Mid-Autumn Flower Moon" is the name of dried fruit. The Mid-Autumn Festival is the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. Flowers are plants, and the moon is the name of the satellite. It is difficult to guess from the three phrases of Mid-Autumn Festival, Flower and Moon. If we divide it into two phrases, that is, Mid-Autumn Flower and Moon, and interpret it as: Mid-Autumn Flower and Moon, we can associate it with the lyrics of the play "Sweet Osmanthus fragrans in Mid-Autumn Festival in August", and the word "Gui" is naturally labeled as "Mid-Autumn Flower". The moon in Mid-Autumn Festival is especially bright. The ancients said that "the moon is bright to the Mid-Autumn Festival", and it is most appropriate to use the word "Ming" to buckle. But Guiming doesn't have the name of this dried fruit. Think about the moon on the 15th. Because it is big and round, it is particularly bright, so the word "longan" is naturally guessed. Guessing, like harvesting ripe sweet potatoes in late autumn, should follow the vines step by step, no matter big or small, buried or shallow, you should pick them in your basket.