365 Night Riddles

Author: Lu Bing
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Children are not satisfied with simply knowing "what is this" or "what is that"; they also enjoy verifying it through their own thinking. This is the reason why riddles captivate children. Riddles are short and simple, yet concise, using just a few dozen words to vividly depict the characteristics of things—those most prominent in children's eyes. This not onlys children's ability to think in terms of association, reasoning, and induction but also develops their artistic imagination. This is education, but it is carried out in joy and achieves results without them realizing it. A major feature of Chinese riddles is their use of poetic forms. Some are even odes to objects, though the titles are omitted. Riddles written for children are composed in the form of children's songs, brief and lively, easy to recite, as they also serve a certain aesthetic purpose in the realm of children's songs.