What is a lantern fan?

Lantern fans:

Lantern riddles are riddles written on lanterns. The riddles originated from China folk oral riddles, which were later processed into riddles by scholars. They have a long history in China. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, "argot" or "thin words" appeared. Qin and Han dynasties became a kind of written creation.

during the three kingdoms period, guessing was popular. Lantern riddles appeared in the Song Dynasty. People tie riddles to colorful lanterns for people to guess and shoot. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, solve riddles on the lanterns was very popular among the people in China.

China's riddles have a long history, with a history of more than 3, years. As early as before the Western Zhou Dynasty, when the productivity was still very low, the linguistic phenomenon of riddles appeared, that is, songs with metaphorical and suggestive nature.

argot appeared later than embarrassments. Just like embarrassments, argot is very popular because it reveals things with vivid comments. Almost everyone likes argot from princes to generals to civilians.

Some rulers prefer argot to unkind words. If subjects want to satirize state affairs, they must do what they like and use argot to remonstrate obliquely. In the political struggle between countries, in order to achieve ulterior motives, argot is often used to hide people's eyes and ears and secretly understand people.