The Historical Origin of Hesitaihua

The earliest appearance of the name "huihou" was in the Tang Dynasty. The old Tang book. Zhengxin biography" has been mentioned in the so-called "Zheng five after the body" (a kind of "after the" body poetry). But it as a language form and language performance, far in the pre-Qin period has appeared. For example, in "Strategies of the Warring States. Chu Ce Si": "It is not too late to mend a lost sheep." It means that it is not too late to mend the sheep pen after losing the sheep. This is the earliest hiatus we have seen today.

The origin of hiatus

The hiatus is a special form of language created by our people in the practice of life. It is generally composed of two parts, the first half is a figurative metaphor, like a riddle, the second half is an explanation, description, like a riddle, very natural and apt. In a certain language environment, usually say the first half, "rest" to go to the second half, you can understand and guess its original meaning, so it is called a hiatus.

The hiatus has a distinctive national characteristics, a strong flavor of life humor, intriguing, for the majority of people are happy to hear. Although the ancient hiatus rarely seen in written records, but in folk circulation is certainly a lot. Such as Qian Daxin "HengYinLu" contained: "thousands of miles to send goose feather, things light people mean heavy, Fuzai contained in the Song Dynasty proverbs." This kind of hiatus, until today also continue to be used by people.