From ancient times to the present, five thousand years of culture has created a profound cultural heritage of China, in the land of China, the famous poems that have been handed down from ancient times are undoubtedly the treasures of Chinese culture, and the literati and inkers use square characters to use the charm between the inheritance and the transition and the ping to extend the unique Chinese culture.
And there is a culture, in the process of history constantly evolving, not only has not been eliminated, but has become more grounded, into the lives of the masses of the people, to this day, has become a well-known custom, this is the couplet, a full use of symmetrical beauty and peace and beauty of the literary products, some special couplets, and even the use of Chinese characters homophonic different words. Couplets, unlike poetry, can be composed of many words, thus expressing the emotions of the writer.
Although the couplet is short and concise, every word reveals people's quick thinking and the use of words. The long history of the couplet can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and this long-standing culture, with the love of the literati and inkers, and the word of mouth of the people, has regained its vigorous vitality in modern times.
For a long time, the couplet has also left a lot of strange things in the process of evolution, from the famous poet Zheng Banqiao to the four talents of Jiangnan Tang Bohu, all of whom are deeply impressed by the charm of the couplet, including the famous empress Wuhou in history, and also because of the couplet and a pair of prodigy sisters.
Empress Wu, the founding monarch of Wu Zhou, she was the only female emperor in Chinese history. At that time, the status of women was obviously inferior, Wuhou became the emperor not only withstood the public opinion of the times, but also during her reign, she appointed meritocracy, in order to better select talents, but also created the imperial examination system, it can be said that Wuhou is an absolutely worthy of the title of emperor, although at that time or later in the feudal social public opinion, there were many dissatisfaction with Wuhou, but her wisdom and merits can not be erased by posterity.
Although Wuhou was a woman, she did not follow the ancient admonition that a woman's talentlessness is virtue, on the contrary, Wuhou was not only quite talented, but also Wentao Wuluo had quite a means of making good use of people and developing talents.
It is not surprising that such a martial queen is particularly cherished for talented people.
Legend has it that when Empress Wu was on the throne, during the Tang Dynasty, there were two sisters in Xuanhua Province, the sister was 13 years old and the sister was 9 years old, the sisters were not good, the two could export the chapter at a young age, and soon became famous, and the rumors about the prodigy of the two spread throughout the Tang Dynasty, and later, the reputation gradually spread to the palace.
At that time, Empress Wu had already succeeded to the throne, and when she heard that Sheng Tang actually had such a prodigy, she immediately ordered the two to enter the palace to see the prodigy's demeanor.
The two sisters came to Wuhou under the arrangement of the official, at that time, the two sisters were still children, childish, looked lively and cute, And Wuhou was very happy at first sight, and pulled the sisters to go to enjoy the scenery.
Wu Hou sent back the people around him, alone pulled the sisters to walk by the river, walking, the shore willows whisked the shore, it was a good time for the hibiscus to bloom, the lotus leaves were emerald green, the hibiscus was like a shy girl hiding in the lotus leaves, in this picturesque scene, there was a monk holding a boat through it to pick lotus flowers, Wu Hou intended to try the sisters' literary talent, immediately out of an uplink, let the sisters on the lower link, the uplink out of the very clever, ingenious place in the short uplink, hidden four harmonic characters, very difficult.
The two sisters groaned for a moment, Andhou Wu thought that the two were trapped, who knew that at this moment, there was a sudden beautiful piano sound like mountain flowing water in the distance, and the sister heard this piano sound, and immediately came out of the lower link. This link is not only neat, but also the scene is blended, which is very suitable for the scene, and it is also a shock after hearing it.
Continue to walk forward, walk to a piece of the wall, the wall painted with a vivid war scene, Jingo iron horse makes people feel as if they are in it, Wu Hou pondered for a moment, and then came out of an upper link, this time there are two harmonic words in the upper link, but because of the two harmonic words to change the order of use, the difficulty is not inferior to the first, but who knows the young sister, just think about a small moment, on a neat lower link, Wu Hou is very happy, a time can not care about the identity of the sister, hug the sister, Expressed that he wanted to keep her in the palace and cultivate her well.
However, the two sisters have a deep affection, but they dare not refuse Wuhou, they can only look at each other with tears in their eyes, Wuhou saw the reluctance of the two, as a Mingjun, she knew that the difficulty of a strong man was not the work of a gentleman, so she gave up the idea of leaving her sister, gave the two very rich gifts, and sent someone to send the two home.
Couplets not only contain the wisdom of the descendants of Yan Huang, but also hide people's yearning for a better future, of course, no matter which good culture, it is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients who are worth protecting.