The most interesting thing about ancient Chinese couplet culture is that the source of couplets is often related to folk story of bride recruitment . Although it seems cliché on the surface, it always attracts countless people to understand it in their spare time.
Once a talented woman wrote the first line: Silver Gun is powerful, but it is difficult to break through the thousand-year-old grassland . In the end, not only was a man cleverly matched the second couplet, but the woman blushed.
So what exactly is the lower line? Why does a woman blush with ? Next, let’s take a look at the traditional couplet culture stories.
couplets and couplets
time back to years of Ming Dynasty , a county magistrate got a girl from an old age. Although the mainstream perception of the entire society at that time was still , the county magistrate was old and was also very happy about his daughter's arrival.
Especially during her growth, the county magistrate not only let her read and write like other boys of the same age, but also personally taught her a lot of traditional cultural knowledge.
When a woman is about to become an adult, her knowledge reserves have long exceeded those of her peers. However, in ancient times, women married early. Although the county magistrate was reluctant to give up his daughter, he had to arrange a marriage for her. After discussing with his wife, the county magistrate finally decided to ask his daughter to consider how to choose her future husband and let her daughter not take care of her identity. As long as she likes it, is not that important.
It is not unlucky for girls to have such enlightened parents in feudal society. After some thought, he told the county magistrate's father that he decided to select young talents who could inherit the family business in the future by recruiting couplets.
Family background is second-hand. As long as this young talent has a certain talent, his own family can also help him succeed in his future development.
Daughter makes a decision, how can parents not support ? A few days later, the county magistrate's office posted a notice, inviting young talents of the age to come to the house to invite couplets to invite brides. On the day of the recruitment of
, the county magistrate's mansion was overcrowded. Even though they know they don’t have a chance to marry the county magistrate’s daughter, most of them like to come to to join in the fun.
Wait until the county magistrate's daughter appears, and the first couplet is also displayed by the servant. Everyone present looked closely and saw the first couplet: silver gun is sharp, but it is difficult to break through the thousand-year-old grassland.
This couplet came out, which made many young talents present bow their heads and ponder. It is not necessarily true that can tell how difficult this upper link is. The key is that all young people hope to be better than others, and to attract the attention of the county magistrate's daughter .
Fortunately, the silent atmosphere did not last long, a young talent stood up and answered: The lights are small, and they can burn thousands of miles of land.
The many talents who were pretending to bow their heads and ponder, now they had to really think about it. The second couplet I had originally thought of was not good at, but it was quite difficult to surpass this couplet.
After waiting for a long time, another young talent looked at the faces of the people around him, and had no choice but to get up and hold his fists to congratulate him.
because of blushing
successfully wrote the second couplet. This is what the county magistrate's family expected. Why does a woman blush for no reason? The reason is very simple. The man used the second line to express his personal feelings directly.
The daughter of the county magistrate proposed a thousand-year-old grassland last year, which means that she has lived alone for many years. It is difficult for her husband to have a happy husband to enter her heart.
The young talent answered very simple. Although the lights are small, "I" is still willing to ignite thousands of miles of land ( corresponds to the thousand-year-old grassland mentioned by the woman).
may not be a big deal in modern society. It is not uncommon for to express his love to in public, or even develop into moral kidnapping -style confession to .
But in ancient feudal society, it is indeed a very touching thing for a man to express his feelings to a woman under the public .
You should know that this not only represents a man’s sincere admiration for women , but also shows a man’s commitment to in public.
If the two separate in the future, there will inevitably be others to discuss. once expressed his feelings in front of countless people, but now it seems that is shameless?
Young talent will be completely delivered to the county magistrate's daughter in this way. It is both my love for her and my support for her.
was treated like this in ancient feudal society, and the woman naturally blushed. At this point, the recruitment activity was successfully concluded, and the county magistrate was very happy for his daughter to find a good home. There are actually many similar examples of
. In ancient traditional couplet culture, often guesses half of it, while makes people unable to stop exploring it.
Only after learning about the relevant stories were heard, it turned out that The romantic of ancient society was not much less than that of modern society. Even if there is a certain gap in material conditions, the spiritual world is also rich.
What's more, in the past, we found people who like-minded on the road of life by pairing couplets. Although it looks extremely simple, it seems that countless couples who have been separated by bride gifts are better now?
may be attributed to the different times, and has its own benefits.
