Ten of the most famous couplets in Chinese history

I feel that the Spring Festival couplets are now mainly to increase the atmosphere of the New Year, highlighting the meaning of celebration and peace. There seems to be less cultural connotation, in recent years the printing of spring couplets, the content of most of the same, deepening this feeling. For people with cultural needs, they ask others to write or write their own is not a meaningful thing. The book to say, the book to carry the road, I think the form and content of the gradual drift away from the current Spring Festival is also a major feature of the bar!

The Spring Festival couplets, which have a history of more than a thousand years, are a unique form of Chinese Spring Festival folklore, and can be regarded as a national treasure. The rigor of its meter, the depth of its meaning, and the beauty of its form are unmatched by foreign characters, especially Western pinyin, and reflect the depth of the Chinese culture. As Chinese people go abroad one after another, this cultural tradition has also been brought to all over the world. Mr. Chang Jiang once said, "Couplets are the simplest cultural symbols for Chinese people all over the world to identify their ancestors and seek their roots."

Characteristics of couplets: Couplets should not only express complete and unified semantics in the language of poetic refinement, but also be embodied in neat and skillful forms and beautiful and harmonious rhymes. The form of neat and beautiful rhyme is the most prominent features of the couplet. Specifically, a good couplet should meet the following requirements

Posting spring couplets is an ancient tradition in China, but also a very interesting custom. The tradition of posting spring couplets is only found in China, and it has a long history if you really want to trace it back. And there is actually a lot to be said for posting Spring Festival couplets, such as the method of posting, the content of the couplets, and so on. Our modern reading order is usually from left to right, but in ancient times, the order of reading and writing was different from now, and the order of reading and writing in ancient times was from right to left. So, when putting up the Spring Festival couplets, we must remember that our Spring Festival couplets still maintain this tradition, so the upper couplet we put up should be on the right hand side of the door, while the lower couplet is on the left hand side of the door.

1, the form of characteristics: the number of words in the upper and lower couplets are equal, the word is relative, the structure corresponds to each other, the rhythm of the same, the level and oblique concordance and meaning related.

2, content characteristics: Spring Festival couplet language is generally relaxed and cheerful, overflowing with joy, should be the time and place, cut feelings and scenery, mostly sent feelings, hope that a year of good luck, containing a welcome to the New Year, celebrating the world, praying for happiness and auspiciousness.