Chinese riddles are closely connected with the shape, pronunciation or meaning of Chinese characters. Riddles based on the structure of Chinese characters appear first in a work of the fifth century.
Since the Song Dynasty (960-1279), guessing game of riddles has been popular and begun to take various forms. Because in the Lantern Festival, riddles were put on lanterns for people to guess the answers, riddles were also called lantern riddles. Nowadays, this custom is still practiced in many places across China.
The relations between riddles and their answers have many varieties. Some riddles are created according to grapheme or meaning of a character and some, according to illusion of a character. Some riddles make use of characters to guess proverbs, Xiehouyu (a two-part allegorical saying) and so on.
Features:
1. More than 5000 riddles.
2. Divided unread, read and favorite tab page.
3. Easy and simple.
中华谜语，源远流长。
谜语一般由由四部分构成：谜面、谜目、谜格、谜底，表现形式简单，但其变化之丰富多姿、文化含量之高深精密，是一种老少皆宜的智力游戏。
主要有以下特點：
1. 5000多条谜语，字谜为主。
2. 支持已读、未读和收藏。
3. 简单易用。