What are the customs of couplets?

The customs of couplets mainly include the following:

1, Spring Festival couplets custom:

Spring Festival couplets, called Spring Festival couplets in ancient times, are seasonal couplets written and posted during the Spring Festival every year. The custom of Spring Festival couplets originated in the Five Dynasties, formed in the Song Dynasty, and became very common in the Ming Dynasty. In Hunan, posting Spring Festival couplets is an important custom in the Spring Festival culture. Spring Festival couplets have the characteristics of eulogy, timeliness and pertinence, highlighting the word "spring".

2. Wedding customs:

Wedding couplets are written to celebrate the wedding, and are usually posted on the door, cave door, hall or makeup hall of the wedding home. Its content is mostly warm praise and good wishes for both parties to the marriage, with a strong auspicious and festive color.

3, refining customs:

Birthday couplets are special couplets to celebrate the birthday of people who have celebrated their birthdays. Their contents are generally articles praising the merits and morals of people who have celebrated their birthdays. Those who wish them a long life are blessed with warm and respectful feelings.

4, elegiac couplet custom:

The elegiac couplet, called mourning couplet in some places, evolved from elegiac couplet and is a kind of couplet used by people to express their memory and mourning for their ancestors and the deceased. Often posted at the door, on both sides of the urn, on both sides of the memorial hall, on the wreath. Generally, solemn, solemn and painful feelings are written in black and white. Through a common language, arouse people's memory and respect for the deceased.

The characteristics of couplets are:

Words should be equivalent, parts of speech should be equivalent, structure should be commensurate, rhythm should correspond, balance should be harmonious, and content should be relevant.

Couplets are one of the traditional cultures in China and the treasure of traditional culture in China. The antithesis of couplets must be regular and balanced.