couplets are a must-have item for every household during the Chinese New Year and are loved by the general public. actually has a potential meaning behind a seemingly simple couplet.
For example, a family member of the Liu family once gave a first line to the neighbor of Zhou's family " Liu Bang Liu Bei Andy Lau" . Unexpectedly, the Zhou family cleverly used the same name and gave a domineering second line .
clever first couplet leads deep thoughts
Don’t look at the first couplet “Liu Bang, Liu Bei, Andy Lau”. The first couplet looks very ordinary, but in fact there is a mystery behind the couplet. Liu Bang, Liu Bei, Andy Lau are all famous characters in people's impressions.
Take Liu Bang as an example first. He created Han Dynasty . Liu Bang was definitely not an ordinary person to be able to win the final victory with Xiang Yu and .
In ancient Chinese legends, there is a magical saying, that is, Liu Bang's actual identity is actually "Son of the Red Emperor". Lu Zhi 's father Lu Gong has the art of knowing people. After seeing Liu Bang, he judged that Liu Bang would definitely have a great future in the future.
So he married Lu Zhi to Liu Bang as his wife . Duke Lu did not misunderstand it. Sure enough, Liu Bang achieved the final victory in the troubled times and founded the Han Dynasty.
Liu Bei was the founding emperor of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period. Although he was a descendant of the Liu Dynasty, he was from a poor family since childhood and could only make a living by selling straw sandals on .
During this period, Liu Bang met his two good brothers - Guan Yu and Zhang Fei . After a period of dating, the three felt that they were very close to each other, so they decided to have a feud in Taoyuan.
In the war, Liu Bei fully utilized his talents and won the admiration of his subordinates. He successfully divided the world with Cao Cao and Sun Quan and established Shu Kingdom .
Liu Bei is determined to restore the glory of Liu's family and is diligent in politics. Moreover, Liu Bei is good at using talents. His deeds with Zhuge Liang have been passed down to this day and are talked about by people.
Although Andy Lau is a modern figure, he also has the title of "King of Singing" in society. Andy Lau is very humble, very dedicated in his daily work, and has a good reputation among people.
Although Andy Lau is getting older now, he is still active in people's memories and has won the love of countless people. Therefore, it is not easy for the family to answer the right lower line for .
domineering lower couplet win praise
After hearing the first couplet of the Liu family, the Zhou family also thought about it. The Zhou family naturally understood the inner meaning of the first couplet, so they also wanted to to form the lower couplet of with the name of the person. The second couplet given by the family in Zhou is " weeks of boredom weeks of Yu Zhou Yunfa"!
Maybe everyone doesn’t know much about Zhou Bo. As the founding general of the Western Han Dynasty , he is very famous. his son Zhou Yafu is not weaker than Zhou Bo . From the beginning, Zhou Bo followed Liu Bang to conquer the world, followed Liu Bang through life and death on the battlefield, witnessing the founding of the Han Dynasty.
Zhou Bo twice became Prime Minister , killing the rebellion of the Lü family, and helping Emperor Wen of Han succeed to the throne. After Zhou Bo's death, he received the posthumous title of Wuhou, which shows the emperor's respect for Zhou Bo.
Zhou Yu was also a famous figure in the Three Kingdoms period. As a counselor of Wu State , he gave advice for Wu State. Moreover, Zhou Yu looks very handsome and proficient in music . Later generations gave Zhou Yu extremely high praise and wrote many poems for Zhou Yu.
As a famous adviser during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhou Yu made great contributions to the Wu Kingdom and left behind many famous historical stories. He once defeated Cao Cao in Battle of Red Cliff , protecting the interests of the Wu Kingdom, and becoming a famous talent and model in people's hearts.
Zhou Runfa is also very famous in people's impression. As a famous king in the entertainment industry, he has always been enthusiastic about charity and has also achieved great success in his career. It can be said that he has blossomed in film and television and music.
It can be seen from this that the lower couplet of the Zhou family and the upper couplet of the Liu family can be said to be complementary. From this, we can also see the cleverness of the couplet.
Cultural treasures are always circulated
Couplets have a long history. They appeared in people's daily lives more than a thousand years ago. With the development of the times, couplets have also been given unique meanings by people and have been vigorously promoted by the people.
However, the couplets at that time were not as orderly as they are now, and the parallelism was neat, but were very messy. Moreover, due to the influence of the social atmosphere at that time, most couplets in are mainly composed of poems and .
Until , the emperor of Shu was idle and suddenly became interested in his idle life. He wrote the first neat couplet in , and then appeared in the prototype of modern couplets.
At this point, the development of couplets has officially started to get on track. With the evolution of society and the passage of time, the development of couplets has also made great breakthroughs, and the world's requirements for couplets have become increasingly strict.
also has strict requirements in the writing process of couplets. First of all, in terms of the number of words in the couplet, not only requires that the number of words used in the upper and lower couplets must be the same, but also repeatedly consider the meaning of words when writing, which makes the literary color of couplets become more and more intense.
However, in ancient my country, it took a lot of money to provide a scholar, so people's cultural level was not high. Therefore, if people want to post couplets during the Spring Festival, they can only spend money to buy from readers, which is not conducive to the popularization of couplets.
Time comes to Ming Dynasty , Zhu Yuanzhang As an emperor born in a poor people, he has a deeper understanding of people's affairs. He ordered that require the people under the Ming Dynasty to post couplets at their doorstep during the Chinese New Year.
It is precisely because of the hard requirements of the court that couplets become a necessity for people during the New Year. People cannot disobey the imperial order, so they try every means to change on the content of couplets, hoping to get more good luck for themselves in the coming year.
During this period, the content of the couplet undergoes substantial changes, and more of the blessing words described in , which expresses people's good wishes for the New Year.
Through this reform, the content of the couplet can be understood by most people , and finally formed the couplet we can see now, and has been passed down to this day and has become a necessity for every household during the New Year.
In short, couplets represent Chinese culture and are an important way to understand China in the world. We can promote the promotion of couplets in the world to let more people understand China's traditional culture, and enhance people's national confidence and cultural confidence .
Perhaps people will think that couplets, as something that can be seen everywhere in people's daily lives, is not worthy of external promotion, but in fact, it carries the foundation of our nation.
When we go to other countries to work, study and live, everything outside is unfamiliar to us. At this time, the couplet becomes the carrier for us to place our nostalgia and our roots.
believes that through everyone's efforts, couplets will be passed down from generation to generation among the Chinese nation. And we will also use the soul of the Chinese nation to write more magnificent couplets, so that they can be engraved in the blood of the Chinese nation forever!
