What is the basic knowledge of couplets?

1, couplets, also known as antithesis, door-to-door, spring stickers, spring couplets, couplets, peach symbols and couplets (named after the pillars hanging in halls and houses in ancient times), are a kind of dual literature. Another source is Spring Festival stickers. The ancients posted the word "Yichun" every day when they were in beginning of spring, and later they gradually developed into Spring Festival couplets.

2. In its own development process, couplets have absorbed the characteristics of ancient poems, essays, lyrics and songs. Therefore, the sentence patterns used in couplets include ancient poems, prose sentences and parody sentences in addition to regular poems and parallel prose sentences.

3. The couplets are short and pithy, which are not only vivid artistic expressions, but also excellent cultural heritage. Couplets are developed on the basis of ancient "Fu Tao" and "antithesis". The earliest Spring Festival couplets in China appeared more than 1000 years ago.

4. The exquisite format of couplets not only has a long history and traditional habits, but also has unified requirements and fixed formats on the basis of widespread use by the masses.

5. Couplets are closely combined with real life. There are two doorframes and a lintel in the middle, which are composed of three parts: the first part, also called sentence; Bottom line: the second sentence, also called antithesis; Banner: Also called horizontal batch or horizontal row. The upper and lower couplets are the main part of couplets, which are both wonderful and indispensable.