(CNN) How do you open this door without all the plates smashing? That's the crockery conundrum confounding Internet users in Taiwan and China.

It began when a photo of a closed cupboard, containing piles of porcelain bowls tumbling off the shelf and leaning against the glass door, was posted on a Taiwan-based Facebook community page.

Hundreds of people offered advice to the poster, Tseng Shao-Tsen, who uploaded the picture to "Baoliao Commune" group on Sunday.

"(This is) a cupboard that can never be opened," he wrote.

This is what we call a DILEMMA. Any ideas on how to open the cupboard without breaking the china plates? https://t.co/3eM8HLlLV3 pic.twitter.com/Vq3OjK02VN — People's Daily,China (@PDChina) November 16, 2016

However, other people were more optimistic, offering their two cents on how to open the cupboard without smashing the crockery.

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