Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio Story Lantern Riddles

Author: Chen Qingquan
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The greatest feature of Story Riddles is that it combines the knowledge of classical literary masterpieces with the fun of riddle activities. It not only possesses the profound, captivating artistic charm and readability of the original literary masterpieces but also the unique artistic effect of riddle works that are enigmatic, interwoven with words, and well-balanced in form and spirit. It can deepen people's understanding of classical literature while reading the masterpieces by using riddle knowledge, and vice versa, it can popularize and improve the level of riddle activities by borrowing literary and historical allusions, thus achieving a harmonious artistic realm where both complement each other. This book selects 110 entries from the original Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio as the main topics, with their story plots serving as the riddle clues, creating specialized riddles for them, and providing simple analyses for most of the riddles. The arrangement of each riddle is as follows: riddle clue, riddle objective, riddle pattern, answer, brief analysis. When a certain riddle pattern appears for the first time, a brief explanation of that pattern is provided. Additionally, story riddles scattered throughout other entries will be compiled together in the main body under the section "One Hundred and Eleven." This book also creates and collects a large number of riddles using the titles and characters of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio as the answers, which are listed in an appendix after the main body. The book focuses on appreciation while also being practical. It includes 900 story riddles, 1,130 entry riddles, and 410 character riddles, totaling 2,440 riddles. Most of the story riddles in this book (690) were created by the author himself. For the 210 story riddles chosen from others, the author's name is noted in parentheses after the corresponding answer. If the author is multiple, it is marked as "Multiple Authors"; for some that are unclear, it is marked as "Anonymous." The entry riddles in this book, apart from those created by the author, are mainly selected from The Chinese Riddle Treasury and include a small number of riddles by riddle authors from various parts of the country. Due to the difficulty in identifying the authors of all the riddles, no further notes are provided.