"flying flower game"), a section where the two contestants must constantly think of and recite verses that contain a particular character or reference a particular theme.

[3] The second season introduces a more "reasonable" gameplay: every episode, four contestants are selected from the hundred-contestants team, and follow part one from the first season; then the best of them has to challenge the fastest and most correct off-stage contestant to decide who would be the best of the episode, and may accept challenges from people that compete later.

If a contestant answers a question wrong, he or she is given a 'redemption' opportunity through succeeding at any of 3 challenges: completing a game of fei hua ling against 12 other participants from the entire off-stage participant panel, answering guessing game-style questions about poetry, or managing to recite one verse relating every of 12 given themes.

[5] Dong also performed, reciting a poem in Shanghainese, singing Su Shi's Shui diao ge tou, and quoting numerous Chinese idioms on air.

The people that answer questions off-stage are from all walks of life such as teachers, students, peasants, and the police, not restricted to Chinese residents.

They follow the narrator's reciting opening poetry and count to the points that an on-stage contestant gets if their answer is incorrect.

[6] Due to the limited time of 10 seconds to answer on a tablet computer, a large quantity of contestants failed to complete verses that are usually taught in China's primary schools, for example, Meng Haoran's Ode to the Willow (traditional Chinese: 詠柳; simplified Chinese: 咏柳; pinyin: Yǒng Liǔ), leading to criticism on the team, as they were described as "The regular studio audience".

[7] In the fourth season, the team is divided into four groups: children, teenage students, working people from various employments, and duos (formed from friends, family, lovers, or other close relations).