Where do you start reading couplets?

The reading method of couplets is the same as that of ancient Chinese books, which are read vertically from top to bottom and from right to left. On the right side of the door; The bottom line is on the left of the door. Of course, the fundamental way to distinguish is to look at the flat tone of the last word of the couplet. The flat tone (the third and fourth tones) is the upper part, and the flat tone (the first and second tones) is the lower part.

What is the origin and implication of couplets?

At first, couplets were not called "couplets", but "Fu Tao". It is said that the origin of pasting peach symbols is very early. At that time, "Taofu" was posted to drive away monsters. Legend has it that there was an extremely vicious monster in ancient times, which often did evil and endangered the people, but nothing could stop it. Later, there were two immortals who specialized in exorcism. They subdued the monster with peach branches.

As a result, it was circulated among the people that I was told to hang peach branches engraved with the names of two immortals on the door, and the monsters were afraid to go forward. Later, this kind of peach branch was called "peach symbol" and "peach symbol" became popular.

Later, with the appearance of paper, mahogany was replaced by red paper. The Spring Festival couplets really appeared in the period of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang asked every household to post Spring Festival couplets, so the streets and alleys were covered with Spring Festival couplets.

Express good wishes and vision. Decorations in Spring Festival couplets, such as fish, mean more than a year; Beautiful words, such as "more days, longer life and spring", express people's good wishes for the coming year.