Couplets with cultural connotations

Jiajie Changchun.

-This is a pair of Taofu couplets written by Meng Changjun, the monarch of Shu during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and the first Spring Festival couplets recorded in China's national history. Literally, "accept" means "enjoy"; "Qing Yu" used to mean "the legacy of the previous generation" and "the Book of Changes"? Kun? Classical Chinese: "Where there is a good family, there must be Qing Yu." The main idea of the first part is to enjoy the legacy of the previous generation in the New Year. The main idea of the second part is that festivals show that spring is always there. The whole company contains the meaning of welcoming the New Year and praying for happiness. The words "Spring Festival" are also embedded in the beginning and end of the couplet, and the words "Jia Festival" are embedded in the middle, which is very clever.

Beginning;

Vientiane is updated.

This is a pair of traditional Spring Festival couplets, which is deeply loved by the world, so it is widely used and has a great influence. A new year has begun, and everything in the world has been reborn and developed. "The beginning of reunification" means that the new year is about to begin again. "Vientiane" refers to all things or sights in the universe. "Update", in addition to the old cloth new. Couplets are closely related to the world's mentality of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new in the Spring Festival. Concise and lively, concise and neat. Therefore, in addition to making Spring Festival couplets separately, people often use them as the basic phrases of Spring Festival couplets to form a long new Spring Festival couplets, such as "Good spring after reunification; Everything is happy. " "Ruiqi is full of people, start all over again; The spring breeze is blowing, and everything is completely new. "and so on.

Human longevity domain;

Shijie Chuntai.

This is also the traditional Spring Festival couplets. Spring is the first year. China folk customs, no matter which month they were born, are mostly calculated as "one year later and one year longer", and health and longevity are almost everyone's wishes. This couplet is an expression of this kind of blessing. "Longevity" means that everyone can live a quiet and prosperous life. "Chuntai" is the place to go in spring. Often used as a symbol of peace and prosperity. Couplets both cut the Spring Festival and contain blessings, which are short and meaningful.

Firecrackers go out with a bang;

Fu Tao Wan Hu updated.

This is a pair of traditional Spring Festival couplets. This couplet was written in Wang Anshi's poem "January Day": "Firecrackers are one year old, and the spring breeze sends warmth into Tu Su. Thousands of households always exchange new peaches for old ones. " Firecrackers and peach charms are props used by ancient people to exorcise evil spirits during the Spring Festival. Nowadays, firecrackers will be set off during the Spring Festival. In the past, when gunpowder was not invented, there were no firecrackers. In order to drive away the plague in Shan Gui, people burned bamboo to make it peel off and make a sound. This practice is called "firecrackers". Fu Tao is also an ancient folk custom. It was painted on a mahogany board and hung by the door to ward off evil spirits. It should be replaced every Spring Festival. From the Tang and Five Dynasties, auspicious and blessing words (Spring Festival couplets) were written on red paper, but the Spring Festival couplets were called "Fu Tao" and lasted until the Qing Dynasty. Writing Spring Festival couplets to welcome the Spring Festival has become the custom of almost all people in China, with a long history, but with the changes of the times, the content is often updated. The couplets selected two typical items in traditional folk customs during the Spring Festival, namely, the symbols, phrases and sentences of firecrackers and peaches, the sound (the sound of firecrackers) and the color (the red symbol of peaches), which are vivid and vividly described, and accurately express the theme of "saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new". The language of couplets is concise, full of sound and color, and the antithesis is neat. It has always been loved by people and spread widely.

One yuan, two gases and three Yang Tai;

Fourth-order Liuhe Spring in Five Blessingg.

This is the traditional Spring Festival couplets, with figures and allusions. The "one yuan" in the first part refers to the beginning of things, here refers to the beginning of a year. "Erqi" refers to Yin Qi and Yang Qi. "Three Yang Tai" is three Yang Kaitai. In Yi, the October of the lunar calendar is Kun Gua, the image of pure yin; On the winter solstice in November, after divination, one Yang was born in the next; December is divination, and Er Yang is born next; The first month is the Thai hexagram, and the next month is the birth of Sanyang. When winter goes and spring comes, yin fades and yang grows, just like good luck. Therefore, in the past, "Three Yang Kaitai's" or "Three Yang Jiaotai's" were words of praise at the beginning of the year. The bottom line "four orders" refers to spring, summer, autumn and winter. Five Blessingg, five kinds of happiness. "Shang Shu Hong Fan": "Five Blessingg, on the one hand, said longevity, on the other hand, said wealth, on the other hand, said corning, on the other hand, said virtue, and on the fifth day, he finally hit the exam." Huan Tan's new theory: "Five Blessingg: long life, wealth, nobility, happiness and many children." "Liuhe" refers to up, down, front, back, left and right, and refers to the world between heaven and earth and the whole world. The clever use of numbers and allusions in conjunctions not only conforms to festivals, but also expresses good wishes to all people in the world.

Meicheng Five Blessingg;

The bamboo newspaper is more than three.

-Five Blessingg, that is, longevity, wealth, corning, virtue and old age. See Shang Shu Hong Fan. More than three means more happiness, longer life and more men. See Zhuangzi Heaven and Earth. Writing about winter together is intended to welcome the spring and pray for blessings. Spring Festival couplets are widely used because they can not only quote allusions, but also use concise words and handle affairs steadily.

Keep your hands clean and benefit the public;

Healthy rejuvenation of China.

-Wei Chu, a poet in the Yuan Dynasty, wrote a poem "Send Yang Jihai", saying that "being honest and clean" means that Yang Jihai is an upright official with empty pockets. Later generations followed it and became idioms. This kind of Spring Festival couplets is not available everywhere, just like clothing, it must be tailored to suit your needs. This association is only suitable for government agencies.

Stepping into spring, the spring breeze blows;

Look up and see joy, full of joy.

-Li Qingzhao, a poet, appreciates the sentence "deep courtyard" in Ouyang Xiu's Dead Hua Lian, and thinks that the three words "deep" are used together in different ways, which is extremely wonderful. The words "spring" and "happiness" in this couplet are also used together, and the parts of speech are different and quite similar. One is "welcome" and the other is "see", the former is intentional and the latter is unintentional; The former "has me" and the latter "has no me", which is conducive to neat and varied lifting.

Huifengyuan, full of color;

The sun shines high on the earth.

-"Peaceful Magnolia" quotes "Liang Jian Bian": "Spring is also called occurrence, fragrant spring, youth, Yangchun, Sanchun and Jiuchun; Wind is called yang wind, Xuan wind, soft wind and emblem wind; Jingyue Beauty, Jing He, Shao Jing; Good times, good times; Chen said its moments of beauty, and; Festivals are called Fang Festival, Jia Festival, Shao Festival and Shu Festival. Grass is weak grass, vanilla; Mu Yuehua, Hua Shu, Fang Lin, Fang Shu; Maolin, Lin Yue; Birds are called sunny birds, seasonal birds, sunny birds, migratory birds, seasonal birds and good birds. " People have a good impression on spring, and good words run through it, so they have the above name. In short, whether it is sunny or sunny, it actually refers to the spring breeze. This couplet is also a celebration of spring.

Three friends of pine, bamboo and plum;

Peaches, plums, apricots and spring breeze.

-This is a widely circulated Spring Festival couplets. The first couplet lists three representative plants in winter, and the second couplet lists three fruit trees that flourish in spring to show the intention of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. "Song", "Mei", "Peach", "Li" and "Apricot" are all pictophonetic characters, all of which are based on "wood", and the word "bamboo" is pictographic, which is quite similar in general. As for the pair of "old cold" and "spring breeze", the pair of "three friends" and "family" are also very neat, no wonder they are popular.

Days increase people's life span;

Dry kungfu is everywhere in spring.

-Most Spring Festival couplets not only depict the transformation of mountains and rivers, but also have the function of praying for blessings, which belongs to this category. As far as its popularity is concerned, this couplet is probably no less than the pair of "unification" and "Vientiane renewal"

The drizzle is silent and moistens the garden;

The spring breeze is intentional and the makeup is exquisite.

-Du Fu's "Sneaking into the night with the wind" in Delighting in Rain on a Spring Night, and the "I don't know who cut the thin leaves, February is like scissors" in Singing Willow. Although my mood is a little simple, I specialize in writing spring youth, but fortunately, the old saying can be transformed and the confrontation is fairly stable. I might as well enjoy it.

Ze stained with rain, nearly one thousand households in Liuyi;

The people are rich and the country is strong, and the financial resources are rolling in three rivers.

-"The Book of Songs Xiaoya Cai Wei" has a cloud: "I have been there, and Yangliu is Yiyi; Now that I think about it, it's raining. " Yiyi doesn't want to write. "Financial resources roll into the three rivers" or "financial resources roll into the four seas" is a common saying of people who want to make a fortune. Elegant and vulgar, you might as well pay a little attention to it and appreciate its gains and losses.

Peach and plum spring, boundless heaven and earth scenery;

Jiangshan is painting, and a thousand words are written.

-The word "lai" is naturally magical in connection with the sentence "Spring is beautiful and floating between heaven and earth" in Du Fu's seven laws "Going to the Building". The bottom line is "at the end of the pen". Although seemingly reluctant, the momentum is greatly attenuated, but it adds a lot of femininity and charm, which is quite wonderful. At the same time, the combination of "Jiangshan" and "Li Tao" is used. The former is stronger than the latter, so this combination is patchwork, which means harmony and stability, and it is also a good pair.

Innovation, China's Billion Songs;

Advocate honesty and anti-corruption in Qian Dian to celebrate the country's prosperity.

-"Ge" and "Ding" were originally two hexagrams in the Book of Changes. Lattice means change, while tripod means unity. "Imperial Canon" originally came from Shangshu Gong Yu, and the imperial costume is one of the five costumes, which refers to the land of China. Both of them are allusions to the Six Classics, which are more appropriate. From "advocating honesty" to "innovation" and from "anti-corruption" to "innovation", they are antagonistic and complementary. Although there are only eight words, the popularity of Heaven is hidden in it, which is commendable.

Crows crow at dawn, bells ring at dawn, and the sound is pleasant;

Banqueting for state affairs and comforting family members is all related to the situation.

-This couplet is modeled after the famous couplet of Donglin College in Gu Xiancheng, "Wind and rain, reading, and sound in the ear; Family affairs, state affairs, what's going on in the world, everything is concerned. Comparatively speaking, Gu Lian is suitable for readers, but this couplet is generally available; Gu Lian is full of depression, but this love is cheerful. The next season's storm is gloomy, and today's peace and prosperity can be seen.