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What are the Spring Festival couplets and appreciation?

1, starting with unitary; Vientiane is updated.

This is a pair of traditional Spring Festival couplets, which is deeply loved by the world, so it is widely used and has a great influence. A new year has begun, and everything in the world has been reborn and developed. "One dollar" means the beginning of everything. Dong Zhongshu's Spring and Autumn Story: Yu Ying in Han Dynasty: "He who says one yuan is also great."

"The beginning of reunification" means that the new year is about to begin again. "Vientiane" refers to all things or sights in the universe. Xie Lingyun wrote in the poem "Traveling from Zhao Jingkou to the North" in the Southern Song Dynasty that "the emperor's heart is beautiful and sunny, and everything is salty and bright." "Update", in addition to the old cloth new. In the Qing Dynasty, Gu's poem Yuan Ri was "Time series-renewal, and the sun and the moon moved to the world."

Couplets are closely related to the world's mentality of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new in the Spring Festival. Concise and lively, concise and neat. Therefore, in addition to making Spring Festival couplets separately, people often use them as the basic phrases of Spring Festival couplets to form long new Spring Festival couplets, such as "Good spring after reunification; Everything is happy. " "Ruiqi is full of people, start all over again; The spring breeze blows on your face, and everything is completely new. " And so on.

2. People's birthday domain; Shijie Chuntai.

This is also the traditional Spring Festival couplets. Spring is the first year. China folk customs, no matter which month they were born, are mostly calculated as "one year later and one year longer", and health and longevity are almost everyone's wishes. This couplet is an expression of this kind of blessing. "Longevity" means that everyone can live a quiet and prosperous life.

The language "History of Rites and Music in Han Dynasty" says: "If we are willing to extend the use of Confucian scholars as ministers, reminisce about the past, and establish a Ming king system, expel the people of the world and help the people in the field of Renshou, why can't the customs be like Cheng Kang?" "Spring Terrace", a scenic spot in spring. Laozi: "There is no end to desolation. Constant note: there are boundless clouds, and everyone is bustling. If you enjoy too much prison, you must go to the platform. "

Often used as a symbol of peace and prosperity. Couplets both cut the Spring Festival and contain blessings, which are short and meaningful.

3, the pepper flower is special, and the liquor comes and floats in spring.

This is also a typical traditional Spring Festival couplets. Combination _ code: The first book "Jiaohua Fu" was published, and "Biography of Nuwa in the Book of Jin": "Chen, the wife of Liu Zhen, also skillfully distinguished whether she belonged to the text and tasted" Jiaohua Fu "(the first day of the first month). Its word says:' Around the dome, build three dynasties. The green sun is shining and the scenery is full of youth. Beautiful and beautiful, love to pick and give. The divine power reflects it and you will live forever. "

"Jiao Mahua Fu" was later used to refer to the greetings of the Spring Festival. The second part is "white wine", which is water wine soaked in cypress leaves. According to the ancient custom, drinking cypress wine during the Spring Festival can celebrate birthdays and ward off evil spirits. Chronology of Jingchu Times in Han Guan Yi Volume I Drinking Baijiu Longevity: ... Month ... All ages wear their clothes, pay homage to them, drink pepper Baijiu and drink peach soup. "

Judging from the content of couplets, they are close to the theme of Spring Festival customs, full of blessings and rich meanings. Formally, "pepper flower" and "white wine" belong to the workers' small category and are excellent works of traditional Spring Festival couplets.

4, firecrackers in addition to the old, Fu Tao households update.

This is a pair of traditional Spring Festival couplets. This couplet is written in Wang Anshi's poem "January Day": "firecrackers are one year old, and spring breeze warms up the Soviet Union. Thousands of households always exchange new peaches for old ones. " Firecrackers and peach charms are props used by ancient people to exorcise evil spirits during the Spring Festival. Now firecrackers are set off during the Spring Festival. There were no firecrackers before gunpowder was invented.

It is called "firecracker", which burns bamboo to make it peel off and make a sound to drive away the plague in Shan Gui. Now firecrackers are also commonly known as "firecrackers" and "firecrackers". To this day, China people all over the world still set off firecrackers along this custom. In less rural areas, people get up early on the first day of junior high school, firecrackers are big and long to compete with each other, and the time of setting off firecrackers is different in the morning and evening to show family prosperity and happiness.

Since the 1990s, some cities have banned the discharge of fireworks and firecrackers in a certain range in the form of local regulations for safety reasons. However, if the ban is lifted one after another after a thousand years, it can be seen that this folk custom has far-reaching influence. Fu Tao is also an ancient folk custom. It was painted on a mahogany board and hung by the door to ward off evil spirits. It should be replaced every Spring Festival.

From the Tang and Five Dynasties, auspicious and blessed words were written on red paper (Spring Festival couplets), but the Spring Festival couplets were called "Fu Tao" and lasted until the Qing Dynasty. Writing Spring Festival couplets to welcome the Spring Festival is the custom of almost all people in China, which has a long history, but the content is often updated with the changes of the times.

Couplets choose two typical items—firecrackers and peach symbols, which are the most representative in the traditional folk customs of the Spring Festival. They use words and sentences, and the sound (the sound of firecrackers) color (the red color of peach symbols) is vivid and accurately expresses the theme of "saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new". The language of couplets is concise, vivid and neat, which has always been loved by people and spread widely.

5. One Yuan, Two Qi, Three and Four Eyes, Liuhe Spring, Five Blessingg.

This is a traditional Spring Festival couplets with figures and allusions on it. The "one yuan" in the first part refers to the beginning of things, here refers to the beginning of a year. "Biography of the Ram" was collected in A.D.: "Who is Yuan? So was your first year in office. Who is spring? At the beginning of the year. " "Er Qi" refers to Yi Xian written by Yin Qi and Yang Qi: "The upper part is soft and the lower part is rigid, and the two qi are in phase." "Three Yang Tai" is three Yang Kaitai.

In the Book of Changes, October of the lunar calendar is the Kun Gua, the image of pure yin; November is the heavy divination, and one yang is born in the next: December is the temporary divination, and one yang is born in the next; The first month is the Thai hexagram, and the next month is the birth of Sanyang. When winter goes and spring comes, yin fades and yang grows, just like good luck. Therefore, in the past, "Three Yang Kaitai's" or "Three Yang Jiaotai's" were words of praise at the beginning of the year. The bottom line "four orders" refers to spring, summer, autumn and winter.

"Shu Wei: On the Law Calendar": "Four orders move, five elements change." Five Blessingg's Five Kinds of Happiness and Shang Shu Hong Fan: "Five Blessingg, one day long, two days rich, three days corning, four days virtuous, five days final exam. Huan Tan's new theory: "Five Blessingg: long life, wealth, nobility, happiness and many children." "Liuhe" refers to the up, down, left and right, and refers to the world between heaven and earth and the whole world.

Zhuangzi's Theory of Homogeneous Matter: "Outside Liuhe, the sages stay and ignore (reserve their attitudes without evaluating), while within Liuhe, the sages discuss without discussing (talk without evaluating)." The clever use of numbers and allusions in couplets not only applies to festivals, but also expresses good wishes to all people in the world.