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Coupon, also known as couplet, originated from peach, which is a binary opposition in literature. It can be roughly divided into couplet poems and essays. By strictly distinguishing the relative sizes of parts of speech, we can see that "the origin of couplet poems" is a fundamental mistake. There are more antitheses in traditional couplets than in so-called neat couplets. With the rise of poetry in the Tang Dynasty, couplets and essays were excluded.

The couplets in Pingze prose are generally informal and do not shy away from traditional Chinese characters, but they emphasize the part of speech to a considerable extent, so the couplets are highly readable.

Customs couplets

New Year

As a custom, couplets are an important part of the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation. In 2005, couplets were included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the State Council, and their introduction and evaluation are as follows:

Judging from the dualistic situation of the custom of couplets in ancient China, in the Western Jin Dynasty (290), there appeared an important symbol of the harmony and visualization of antithetical couplets. In the historical process of 1700 years, couplets, parallel prose, poetry and other traditional cultural forms have influenced each other, drawing lessons from the three important development periods of the North, Ming and Qing Dynasties, with increasingly diverse forms and rich cultural connotations. Couplets have antithesis, fairness and antithesis, which are commonly known as "couplets" and began in Ming Dynasty.

Couplets take "vice" as quantifier, usually a pair of two lines of words, which are displayed side by side and vertically, and read from top to bottom, first right and then left, left and right as couplet, and left as bottom couplet. Couple literature is metric, with various accents, but there is no limit to the number of words and sentences. The minimum number of words is several thousand words. Moving from top to bottom, the words are equal, the parts of speech are the same, flat and flat, the corresponding phonetic rules, and the justice of the combination of rhythm and shooting are its stylistic characteristics, especially the flat and flat sounds and the tearing of parts of speech. Couplets are concise and interesting, which is called "poetry in poetry"

Couplets take language content as the carrier and calligraphy as the carrier. There are many kinds of products, including paper mounting, wood carving, stone carving and bamboo carving. During the development of couplets, many related works appeared, and thousands of books and couplets were recorded.

Couplets are widely used, not only in palaces, pavilions and halls, but also in festivals, inscriptions, congratulations, mourning manuscripts, tombs and so on. According to different functions, it can be divided into couplets, birthday couplets, scenic spots couplets, self-titled couplets and other techniques.

Couplets are of great value in the customs and habits of China and even other parts of the world, as well as the origin of using Chinese characters and inheriting Chinese culture.

The practice of couplets includes the following points:

New year's custom. Spring Festival couplets were called couplets at that time, which are seasonal couplets written and posted during the Spring Festival every year. The custom of Chinese New Year originated in the Five Dynasties, and it was formed in the Song Dynasty, and it was very common in the Ming Dynasty. In Hunan, posting Spring Festival couplets is an important cultural custom. The New Year has the characteristics of message, timeliness and relevance, which is highlighted as a "spring".

There are many kinds of New Year pictures, which can be divided into door center, frame right, cross and spring, fighter plane and so on according to different places of use. The "heart door" is attached to the top center of the door; The sticker on the "box" is around two frames; "Cross dressing" is posted on the lintel; "Spring articles" are posted in corresponding places according to different contents; "Dou Jin", also known as "door leaf", is a square diamond, which is mostly attached to furniture and screen walls.

The custom of getting married together. Wedding couplets are couplets written to celebrate the wedding. They are usually posted on the front door, cave door and hall of the newly married couple's house, or as a wedding reward. Its content is mostly warm practice and good wishes for both parties to the marriage, with a strong auspicious and happy color.

Shousen United Customs. There is a special couplet in the pavilion to celebrate the birthday of Taitai people together, which contains a preface to the meritorious deeds and moral articles of Chen Youcai, a general comment on the birthday of Taitai people, and wishes those Taitai people happiness and affection.

Custom elegiac couplet The elegiac couplet, which is called mourning couplet in some places, evolved from the word cursive script, and is a kind of couplet that people place their memories and sorrows on their ancestors, that is, the dead. Often posted at the door, on both sides of the coffin, on both sides of the memorial hall, neatly placed, often in black and white, with solemn, solemn and painful feelings. Through language, arouse people's memory and respect for the deceased.