Half-day hanging lantern~

"Hanging lanterns for half the sky - four lanterns with no direction" is a metaphor that makes no sense. It comes from an interesting anecdote in the riddle.

It is said that Lin, a man from Nansha Township, Xinan Town, Chenghai, likes to guess riddles. Whenever a neighbor posts a question about shooting, he will definitely participate. Once, a riddle station was opened in Daitou Township, and riddle friends from all four townships gathered together. Late at night, I suddenly saw a riddle hanging on the stage: "Lantern hanging for half a day", which is a proverb from Chaoshan. Everyone failed to guess for a long time, and Lin was puzzled, so he had to walk home gloomily. After returning home, because he was thinking about the riddle, he made many mistakes when doing things, as if he had lost his soul. His wife scolded him: "You are really helpless!" Upon hearing this, Lin suddenly became enlightened and ran back. At this time, the mystery stage was about to end, but the mystery was still there. Lin reported the shot on the spot, and his guess was correct, which received applause from the whole house. Since then, this saying has been passed down from generation to generation.