Couplets in China's Traditional Culture

1 Lotus (lotus seed) has a bitter heart, while pear (Li Er) has a sour stomach.

Living in a pagoda, watching Kong Ming (Zhuge Liang) complain that Jiang Wei (Jiang Wei) is really difficult to walk (Lu Bu)

A bird in a cage has its heart in a nest (Cao Cao). Hate Guan Yu (Guan Yu) instead of Zhang Fei (Zhang Fei).

In rowing competition, rowing speed (Lu Su) is not as fast as sailing (climbing).

A hundred schools of thought contend, and Di Qing (Di Qing) is more difficult than Xiao He (Xiao He).

6 spiders under the eaves are full of thoughts.

Earthworms in front of the court are full of mud.

The first part: the harmony between silk and privacy.

The second part: "mud" and "doubt", dialect pronunciation.

Lotus root is obtained from lotus.

There are apricots but no plums.

The first part: Lotus "He" and Lotus "Even".

The second part: Apricot is "auspicious" and plum is "medium".

Last night, I played chess to find my direction.

See Yan Hui in the mirror today.

Lutz, a disciple of Confucius, can also be interpreted as "the number of chess pieces"

Yan Hui, a disciple of Confucius, also means "true face".

9 There is a knot when it is not unearthed

Lingyun is still modest.

Write bamboo poems to express ambition.

10 millet cracked yellow seeds

Have a rest, Ruth flew.

Harmonic phoenix.

Downward harmonic crane.

Confucius was born at the end of the ship.

Light dance began in Hanzhong.

Part I: Boat "Week".

Part II: Dance "Dance".

12 Qianzhu has fallen leaves.

There are no flowers on the proud plum's back.

13 rainwater and ash piled up into pits.

The wind blows lotus leaves like turtles.

Part I: Harmony (Chen).

Downward: image harmony (direction).

14 A cluster of gardens in front of us. Who's Zhuangzi?

A few lines on the wall. Which Chinese book?

The bright moon is in the sky, and it is asserted that there will be no rain tonight.

Cold dew is cold, and it turns into frost when it comes late.

The second part: "frost" and "double".

15 viewing plum blossoms and sweeping wax snow alone

Xixi Mountain is dancing and flowing.

Part one: Do, Re, Me, Fa, So, La, t I.

Downline: 1-7 digit dialect pronunciation.

16 monks carry water, and their arms are all sweaty.

Nuns transplant rice seedlings and press their hands into the array.

"Intervention" and "observation" are harmonious, and "deployment" and "deployment politics" are harmonious.

"Full" and "Jinshi" are harmonious, and "Khan" and "Hanlin" are harmonious.

17 the speed of parallel rowing between two ships is not as fast as that of sailing.

Playing the flute in unison is more difficult than playing the flute in harmony.

The first part: The homophonic of "Flying" and "Lu Su", and the homophonic of "Speeding" and "Fan Kuai".

The second part: flute and Di Qing, flute and Xiao He.

18 The lighting in the tower illuminates the corner (ge).

The lotus root planted in the pond is too white to grow roots (Geng)

The first part: Zhuge Liang, whose name is Kong Ming.

Bottom line: Li Taibai is Chang Geng.

19 ni feihe is still thin

Short time difference

The ghost gave a cry. The first couplet means: the soil is fertile, but the seedlings are still thin. The bottom line is that the time of the sun in the sky is getting shorter and shorter (short is a natural phenomenon from summer to the future), and the time difference between day and night is getting longer and longer. If you read this couplet in homophonic, it will become: Ni Fei monks, thin ghosts and short hags.

Stone drums are picking grain in the field.

Embroidered in front of the beauty hall

The first part is made by Shen and the second part is made by Shen. "Woshang" is homophonic for "monk" and "embroidery" is homophonic for "scholar".

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Shan Tong picked chestnuts and packed them in a box.

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The old man selling the mausoleum will fall, and the tomb will be empty.

Precautions:

The beauty of this connection is that the last four words are related to meaning and sound.

The first part:

Jia Dao was drunk, but he wasn't faking it.

Downlink:

Liu Ling drinks nothing but zero.

Precautions:

In the Ming Dynasty, Tang Bohu and Zhang Ling got drunk after drinking all day, so they came together. After drinking all the wine, people are really depressed. Jia Dao and Liu Ling are both good drinkers. This couplet is very suitable for hotel signs.