So wrote the Song dynasty poetess Zhu Shuzhen. A thousand years ago, in the Chinese capital of Kaifeng, red silk lanterns were hung high on the castle walls. Inside the temples there were rows of "poem lanterns," which held extractable blocks of wood on which were carved riddles written in verse. Meanwhile, music tents released melodies from stringed instruments to waft on the breeze.
一千年前的中國，京城開封的元宵夜，城樓上高高掛著紅紗做的小燈球，寺廟裡則將詩句鏤刻在木牌上，外面罩上燈籠，盞盞的「詩牌燈」，加上樂棚裡傳來的絲竹弦樂，好不風雅。