Generally speaking, riddles can be divided into two categories, one is called object riddles, which are commonly known as riddles; the other is called literal riddles, which is commonly known as lantern riddles. (1) Thing riddles are also called folk riddles and children’s riddles. Except for a small number of word riddles, the answers to the thing riddles are mostly "things" and "things" that are commonly used in our lives. For example, animals, plants, various utensils, supplies, human organs, natural phenomena, celestial bodies... It often takes the form of catchy ballads or short poems. For example: Guess the word: A horse can travel a thousand miles, there is water to raise fish, there are people other than you and me, and there is soil to grow grains. Answer: Yes. Guess the animal: It has a head but no neck, eyes but no eyebrows, a tail but no hair, and it has wings to fly. Answer: fish. Guess the plant: there is silk but no silkworms, there are holes but no insects, there are umbrellas but no people, there are nests but no bees. The answer: lotus root. Guessing Machine: Although the name is negative, he is actually very positive. He is busy working all day long and works very hard. Answer: tractor. Guessing object: The two brothers are about the same height. They race when they go out. They are always equidistant, but they can never catch up. The answer: a bicycle. Guess the daily necessities: I can’t speak when I have a mouth, and I don’t eat steamed buns when I have a belly. Although I have no stomach problems, I vomit a lot of yellow water. Answer: teapot. Guessing the organs of the human body: If you don’t have a deep foundation, you should stand tall. It depends on your preference whether it is long or short. In order to achieve beautiful appearance and appearance, it is difficult to calculate how much effort it will take. The answer: hair. Guess the natural phenomenon: it looks like clouds but not clouds, looks like smoke but not smoke, the wind blows gently, and the sunrise slowly disperses. The answer: fog. Guess the hard work: Thousands of people are weaving brocades, bending over and sweating. What used to be a vast ocean turns into an oasis in the blink of an eye. The answer: transplanting rice seedlings. (2) Literary riddles Literary riddles are also called lantern riddles. Its answer is words that express any kind of meaning. So the range of answers is quite broad. It includes single words, various words, phrases, short sentences, etc. Please take a look at some of the literal meaning riddles below: Farmer (guess the author’s name) Answer: Tian Han. Homecoming is like an arrow (name it) Answer: Thinker. To convince people with virtue (name a place in Liaoning Province) the answer is: Fushun. High-speed smash (guess a musical term) Answer: Allegro. Finger gets electric shock (guess one word) The answer is: rub. The answer to the rat eradication campaign (guess a military term): a war of attrition. Looking at the treasure island of the motherland in the distance (find a sports facility) the answer is: the stands. (3) The difference between thing riddles (folk riddles) and literal riddles (lantern riddles). Thing riddles and literal riddles are both riddles, and they have a lot of differences. For example, their basic structure is the same, that is to say, they all have riddles, puzzles and answers. Let’s look at a folk riddle first: Riddle: There is a black child sleeping in a seven-layer mattress and eight quilts. A red child comes to call the door and kicks off the mattress and quilt. Riddle: Find entertainment supplies. Answer: Firecrackers. Let’s look at another lantern riddle: Riddle: Let your hair grow. Riddle: Type idiom one. Answer: Ignore it. What are the differences between the two? Let’s compare it from several aspects below to make it clear. ①The puzzle faces and answers are fastened in different ways. Except for a small number of word riddles, most of the folk riddles are based on the appearance characteristics of things. The riddle grasps the thing to be guessed, and describes its outstanding features in appearance, shape, nature, color, sound, origin, use and other aspects, using personification, metaphor, exaggeration, suggestion and other visual techniques to describe it in a roundabout way, allowing people to People guess the answer to the riddle through association, reasoning, and judgment based on the clues provided by the riddle. Lantern riddles are based on the literal meaning (the meaning of the words), so that the answers and the riddles are connected, so they are also called literal riddles, also called "Wenhu\" and "Denghu\". Lantern riddles are a unique word game in my country. When guessing lantern riddles, you should focus on the meaning, pronunciation and shape of the words on the riddle. The production of lantern riddles takes advantage of the characteristics of Chinese characters such as multiple meanings, multiple sounds, stroke combinations, imitation pictograms and other meanings, sounds, and shape changes. Make the riddle and the answer consistent with each other in terms of meaning or shape. Below, we will talk about two examples, and you will have a deeper understanding of the differences in their fastening methods. Example 1, the answer is "Swallow\". The riddle of the folk riddle is: There is a young lady who is dark and black. When she comes, God releases spring thunder, and her former residence is under the eaves, which fills the sky with spring colors. The riddle of the lantern riddle is: Beijing zero hour. Comparing the two riddles, the folk riddle vividly describes the swallow's color (black and black), living habits (flying in spring, living under the eaves) and other characteristics. The riddle of the lantern riddle does not pay attention to the characteristics of the swallow itself at all, but just sticks to the meaning of the word "swallow".

"Beijing\" is also called "Yanjing\", here is the word "Yan\". "Zero hour" is "Zi Shi" in ancient timekeeping, and here is the word "Zi". Look, don’t they have a big difference in the way they fasten? Looking at Example 2 again, the answer is "garlic\". The riddle of the folk riddle is: seven or eight brothers sit around a pillar. When everyone breaks up, their clothes will be torn. The riddle of the lantern riddle is: two little ones, two little ones, with grass growing on their heads. The former grasps the characteristics of garlic and uses anthropomorphic techniques to compare garlic cloves to brothers and garlic skin to clothes, creating a vivid description. As for the way garlic is written, we don’t think about it at all, so that when we look at the puzzle, the image of garlic appears in front of our eyes. But the latter, regardless of the various characteristics of garlic itself, just focused on the shape and writing of the word "garlic\". "二小二小\" means "祘", and then \"grass grows on the head" becomes the following. Let's give two more examples and ask readers to analyze them by themselves. What is the difference between them? The first group is a group of riddles with "peanut" as the answer: The riddle of the folk riddle is: a hemp house, a red tent, and a fat white man living inside. The mystery of the lantern riddle is: Son of Mulan. The second group is a group of riddles with "corn" as the answer: The riddle of the folk riddle is: if you take off your clothes, you will see the hair, if you remove the hair, you will see the teeth. The riddle of the lantern riddle is: precious rice. ②The range of answers (puzzles) is different. Except for a small number of word puzzles, most of the answers to folk riddles are "things" or "things". Such as animals, plants, supplies, utensils, human organs, natural phenomena, celestial bodies in the universe, etc. Because lantern riddles are based on literal meaning, any word that can be expressed in words can be used as the answer to the riddle. Its scope is quite broad. There are as few as single words, as many as poems and songs, idioms and sayings, ancient and modern names, Chinese and foreign place names, names of newspapers and magazines, names of Chinese and Western medicines, names of movies and plays, names of various subjects, various vocabulary names, ranging from astronomy to geography. , all-encompassing. By comparison, the range of riddles in lantern riddles is much wider than that in folk riddles. And strictly speaking, there are differences in the writing of puzzles. For example, the "Swallow" riddle, the riddle of the folk riddle is written as "Hit an animal", while the riddle of the lantern riddle should be written as "Hit the name of an animal." ③The expression of the mystery is different. The riddles of folk riddles generally have a large number of words, and they are often rhyming ballads, and most of them appear in the form of four sentences. Its language is popular, vivid and catchy, making it suitable for oral transmission. For example: A doll is really strange. It wears more than 300 pieces of clothing. It takes off one piece of clothing every day, and by the end of the year, only a piece of skin is left. (Getting daily necessities) Answer: Calendar. Another example: a small garden, with flowers blooming continuously, for only one person to look at, while the others stand aside. (Hit a toy) Answer: Kaleidoscope. The riddles of lantern riddles generally have short text, and many of them use ready-made words. Such as poems, idioms, sayings, allusions, names of people, places, movies, plays, and even riddles using letters, numbers, pictures, chess records, symbols, etc. For example: Looking up at the bright moon (name a foreign place) the answer is: Yangon. Please explain the meaning of the text (guess one word). The answer is: 1. Talking in a roundabout way (guess a musical noun) the answer is: Ballade. Guide (guess an idiom) The answer is: hold on to the weak and defend the weak. ④The rules for guessing and making puzzles are different. There are strict rules for guessing and making lantern riddles. For example, the answer to the riddle and the face of the riddle cannot have the same words (this is called "contradiction between the bottoms"). The answer and the puzzle face must be close and appropriate, and no redundant words are allowed. However, folk riddles do not have these rules, as long as the riddle can hint at the answer. In addition, some lantern riddles have riddle grids, while folk riddles do not. ⑤Guess the target of shooting is different. Since folk riddles are easy to understand, most folk riddles are suitable for children to guess. Lantern riddles involve a wide range of knowledge and are difficult to guess, which requires guessers to have certain cultural qualities. It is generally suitable for adults with a certain level of education. However, with the continuous improvement of people's cultural level and the continuous accumulation of life experience, lantern riddles have gradually become popular among teenagers.