Couplets, commonly known as couplets and couplets, are elegant couplets.

(1) couplets, commonly known as pairs and couplets, are called couplets.

(2) The couplet is a unique literary style in China and a treasure of traditional culture in China. It inherited the natural road of opposition and balance, and developed continuously according to the square shape and rich connotation of Chinese characters, and reached its peak in Qing Dynasty after various dynasties and generations. It can be said that the country is divided into southeast and west, and couplets can be seen everywhere from palaces, temples to cottages; People, regardless of gender and age, from emperors and generals to Yu Qiao, love couplets. Couplets have become the symbol of China and the most popular literary and artistic form of the Chinese nation. Its penetration, practicability and coverage are incomparable with other literary styles today.

(3) Couplets are the traditional style of China. About its origin, there are five dynasties, Tang, Liang and Jin, and there are different opinions, so far there is no clear conclusion.

④ Couplets can be divided into several categories according to different methods. (a) according to the use of places, there are door couplets, couplets, halls and attractions. According to the content, there are Spring Festival couplets, birthday couplets, marriage couplets and elegiac couplets. According to the skills, there are, hidden honesty, and fun lotus. According to the number of words, there are short couplet, Zhonglian, long couplet and special couplet. According to the number of sentences, there are single-sentence couplets and multi-sentence couplets.

⑤ Couplets written to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year are called Spring Festival couplets. It evolved from the ancient "peach symbol". The so-called Fu Tao is to hang two wooden boards on both sides of the door and draw "door gods" to exorcise ghosts and frighten monsters, such as the earliest "shentu and Lei Yu" and later "Qin Baoshu and Weichi Gong". After that, the "door god" was gradually replaced by the later written "auspicious language", which became a double "parallel language" Finally, it developed into two sentences, that is, Spring Festival couplets. (2) It is generally believed that Spring Festival couplets began in the post-Shu period of the Five Dynasties at the latest, and the masterpiece is the inscription of Meng Changjun Fu Tao, the monarch of post-Shu: "Happy New Year to Qing Yu; Jiajieno Changchun ".

Sticking Spring Festival couplets has become an important custom of the Chinese nation. Every New Year, people in China at home and abroad will stick a festive and auspicious couplet on their doors. This is the spontaneous behavior of hundreds of millions of people and the largest mass cultural activity in the world. The reason why couplets are enduring and deeply rooted in people's hearts is probably related to posting Spring Festival couplets every year.

⑦(C) Spring Festival couplets are characterized by a small number of words, mostly 5 ~ 1 1 word, often accompanied by four words; Generally, it is written in red paper and not pasted directly; The content is mostly related to saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, and being happy and auspicious. For example, Yingchun Wing Chun: "Xinlian Bao Chun Xun; Wonderful to preach the gospel to two lines. " When Haruki said: "The blade is sharpened; Plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold. " Express the ideal: "smell the chicken dancing;" Jump for spring. "Illustration of auspiciousness": "Colorful clouds are full of auspiciousness; "Sanyang operates HSBC." Encourage self-cultivation: "no spring and no age; Determined to become a talent. " Industry motto: "Business is booming all over the world; The financial resources are extensive in Sanjiang. " Combined with the main branch: "B star is bright, Chun Qing moves; Yullian is talented and energetic. " Combined with the zodiac: "The golden rooster resigned me last night; At present, the jade dog knocks at the door. "

Spring Festival couplets are a kind of couplets, so they should also conform to the rhythm of couplets. To put it simply, the rhyme of Spring Festival couplets includes the following main aspects: First, the duality of words. Second, the tone is opposite. The third is the connection between form and meaning, that is, the contents of the upper and lower links are interrelated and serve the same theme.

Pet-name ruby soft pen calligraphy is the most important form of Spring Festival couplets. Therefore, people have always advocated the combination of ink and wall, so please write it yourself. Of course, writing Spring Festival couplets has its own certain format rules, which cannot be taken for granted. Generally, we should pay attention to the following points: writing vertically from top to bottom; Write the upper couplet (right couplet) first, and then write the lower couplet (left couplet); The horizontal comments of Spring Festival couplets are written from right to left.

Attending to hang couplets is also exquisite. Because couplets are generally written vertically, when pasting couplets, the first couplet must be pasted on the right and the second couplet on the left.