Traditional culture of Han nationality: wisdom of ancient couplets

Couplets, one of the traditional cultures of the Han nationality, also known as couplets or couplets, are antithetical sentences written on paper, cloth or carved on bamboo, wood and columns. The antithesis of couplets is neat and even, which is a unique art form of Chinese language and a treasure of China Han traditional culture.

According to legend, couplets originated from Meng Changjun, the master of Shu after the Five Dynasties. According to "Shu Family History", Meng Chang "divided every year, ordered the bachelor to write lyrics, topics, and left and right bedroom doors. At the end of the year (AD 964), the bachelor was lucky enough to write a poem by Yin Xun. Because he had no work, he wrote a poem under the pretence: Qing Yu in the New Year, Jia Jienuo. Changchun. " Meng Changjun asked the bachelor to write these two sentences on the mahogany board on New Year's Eve, which became the earliest Spring Festival couplets in China.

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