How many kinds of beginnings were there in novels?

There are many different ways to start a novel, which can attract the reader's attention and lead the reader into the story world. Here are some common ways to start a novel: 1. Surprising Encounter: An unexpected event or an astonishing scene appears in front of the reader to arouse the reader's interest. For example, in 'Dream of the Red Chamber',' Daiyu enters Rong Fu'. 2. Description of the environment: By describing an environment, you can lead to a story, such as "Liangshan Lake" in "Water Margins" or "Flaming Mountain" in "Journey to the West". 3. Introduction of the protagonist: Through the introduction of the protagonist's identity, personality, experience, etc., it will lead to a story such as "Cao Cao boiled wine and talked about heroes" in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". 4. Ask questions: Ask questions to guide the readers to think, such as "Three Beats on Zhu Village" in "Water Margins". 5. Alluding to the ending: Alluding to the ending of the story at the beginning so that the reader will know the truth at the end, such as "Jia Baoyu's amnesia" in "Dream of the Red Chamber". The beginning of a novel was very important. It could attract the interest of the readers, guide them into the story world, and lay the foundation for the development of the story.