Confucius hometown read couplets Yuan Nianqi

Confucius' hometown of Qufu, in the end, is a cultural place. You see the store in the hometown, regardless of the size of the business content, almost every family has a pair of couplets on the front.

Qufu bus station next to the Shendao Road, that Hualong Hotel, although there is no one star, but the momentum of the couplet is close to the super five-star hotels: "The famous city of several vicissitudes of life is still the same, the ancient country was once the rise and fall of the already strong." And a side of chess Xiang guest house couplet although not as strong as this, but appears to be very cultural, I am afraid it is to cap the China Federation of Literature and Writers' Association of the guest house. The first couplet reads: "A couch dreaming of the moon on the qin." The next couplet reads, "The fragrance of a hundred flowers enters the poems on the desk." Because of the shortness of time, did not enter the door to ask the proprietor is who, I think it is full of regret.

On the half wall street outside the west wall of the Confucius Temple, a line of restaurants and hotels. A fast-food restaurant is written: "Highly opinionated no home like sawdust, small poems have flavor like a series of pearls." The relationship between the shopkeeper and the diners was elevated to the level of a soulmate in high mountains and flowing water. Calling people to read the blood boiling, not the money in the pocket and a set of intestines to offer out, how to stand up to this pair of author's a piece of hard work and the sea-like love.

The Confucius Dumpling House is a neatly scribed couplet, from the hand of Confucius' 77th-generation grandson, Kong Demao, which reads: "Turning over and not forgetting the ****production party, happiness and not forgetting Chairman Mao." Two "do not forget", honestly, very real. Walk not far, but also see a shajiabang tavern, but did not see the couplets standing on both sides of the door; at this time, ears ringing in the comic in a paragraph of the words: "a Qing sister-in-law can really not small, bold and careful when things do not panic." It is also quite apt.

Like the Kongfu framing workshop such as the operation of the old trade, the couplet shows some of the accumulation of style: "the world's sacred capital of a famous store, the four Confucian shadow of a hundred generations of elegant wind." Hengtu store selling department stores is not earthy at all, the couplets on the two doors of the store show the heritage. The couplet facing east reads: "To leave the cause of the world, to make immortal articles." The couplet facing south reads, "Straightforward, understanding, informative and helpful friends, and a world of good advice in writing, behavior, loyalty and trust." It can be seen as both a business objective and a code of ethics.

The couplets posted by new businesses that the old masters had not seen before were no less impressive. Qufu movie theater has two couplets, one at the gate and one in the theater, saying, "The electric light of the world, the film industry is always new to record the ancient and modern." Contrary to this modernist style, the other one is ancient and simple: "There are for the sake of having a happy heart, no desire, no record of the sky high and cloudless." Taking the realm of movie watching to a whole new level. There is also a couplet for a coffee shop called "The strong and handsome people seek three flavors, the strong and strong dragon people revitalize the nine states." Compared with the advertisement slogan of the foreigner's coffee, it also tastes great. The couplet of the color-expanding store is also unique: "Take in the beautiful colors to cleanse the aura, and leave the Yingzi to bathe in the holy light."

In Qufu, there are also spring couplets dedicated to the Confucius Mansion as well as the Confucius surname. Because of space constraints, I can only choose one or two to read. The Confucius House has "璇衡珠斗烁春光飞下九天湛露, 玉烛金瓯绵圣泽扬来亿载荣波." Kong family name and the Confucius House is naturally different, although less honor and wealth, but reflects five hundred years ago is the idea of a family of quite a few. Such as "the right lineage of a thousand years divided Surabaya, the sound of a hundred generations of heavy Nishan." "Nishan root family sound far, Surabaya origin of the holy Ze long."

Couplets, unique to Chinese culture, are said to have begun with Meng Chang, Lord of Shu, who wrote on his bedchamber door, "New Year's Day is a blessing, and the Jiejie number is a long spring." It is said to have a history of more than a thousand years. It was only during the Song Dynasty that couplets were popularized, either for decoration or for socializing and celebrating red and white events. For couplets, Liang Zhangjui and his son in the Qing Dynasty made a great contribution. Liang Zhangjui made 18 volumes of "Couplets and Couplets", and his son continued the work with 6 more volumes. Chinese couplets convey and reflect the message of the couplet author and user, is by no means more than one culture.