[Logic Puzzle] Air Raid Shelter
That day, the archaeological team came to an air-raid shelter at the foot of Changbai Mountain to conduct research. Professor Liu said, 'According to the documents, during World War II when the Japanese invaded China, the local people took refuge in this air-raid shelter.' On the shelter's rock walls, there were many inscriptions. On closer inspection, they were all prayers for the war to end soon and for their loved ones to return alive. But in one corner, Old Li discovered some words carved upside down. Old Li muttered, 'Could it be that someone was also practicing the Nine Yin Manual upside down? Like Ouyang Feng?' The humorous Old Li made everyone burst out laughing... but only Professor Liu did not laugh. He paused and said, 'Things are probably not that simple. It seems we need to study this air-raid shelter properly!' What could this be about?
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Actually, a friend was already very close. The reversed characters are because someone's hands were tied behind their back at the time, so they wrote backwards, which also suggests that this might have been a prisoner-of-war camp!
The word 'upside-down inscription' is meant to hint that there are secrets in the air-raid shelter for those who come.
At that time, characters were written from right to left, so the characters in the corner are modern.
Bro, World War II was from 1937 to 1945, and the characters were already the same as the modern writing style.
Brother Qiling, there's a problem with this question. During World War II, most educated Chinese were quite wealthy and would hide in the concessions during the war. Ordinary people hiding in air-raid shelters barely had enough to eat, how could they read?
It is possible that this air-raid shelter was later discovered by the Japanese invaders and used as a prisoner-of-war camp, hanging the people who were brought there upside down, which is how the upside-down writing came about.
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