Who wrote the earliest couplet in China?

The earliest couplet in China was written by Meng Chang, the ruler of the state of Shu in the Five Dynasties, which reads, "The New Year is a time of celebration, and the Jiacheng Festival is a time of spring".

The idea is that the New Year enjoys the legacy of our ancestors. The festive season heralds the everlasting spring.

From this, it reflects the political stability, economic prosperity and cultural flourishing of the Sichuan-Shuhu region during the Five Dynasties period.

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p>The development of the origin of couplets:

Couplets, also known as couplets, door pairs, spring stickers, spring couplets, pairs, peach symbols, couplets (named because in ancient times, more hung on the pillars of the building halls and mansions and halls), etc., is a kind of literature of couplets, originated from the peach symbols.

It is a pair of statements written on paper, cloth or carved on bamboo, wood or pillars. Simple words with deep meaning, neat pairs of phrases, coordinated pairs, the same number of words and the same structure, it is a unique art form of the Chinese language.

Couplets, as a custom, are an important part of traditional Chinese culture, and in 2005, China's State Council listed the practice of couplets as one of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

The custom of couplets has been passed down and spread among Chinese people and people who use Chinese language and have cultural origin with Chinese characters all over the world, which is of great value to the promotion of Chinese national culture.

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