Chinese culture is broad and profound, with a long history, and couplets are also one of the carriers of Chinese culture. Many people think that the couplet first appeared in the Ming Dynasty, but the couplet appeared as early as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, when Meng Xu pasted the peach charm on his bedroom, becoming the first couplet in Chinese history. In the Tang Dynasty, the couplet has been circulating in the court, but it is rarely accessible to ordinary people.
According to historical records, once Tang Xuanzong, in order to test whether the prodigy Li Bi was really talented, he came up with an uplink: "Fang Ruo chessboard, Garden like chess pieces, moving like chess, Quiet like chess death." Such a shanglian is very distinctive in Datang, although it is 4 words and 4 words, but it contains a lot of exquisiteness. But what I didn't expect was that Li Bi did not hesitate to speak to the lower link: "If Fang Ruo is righteous, if the garden uses wisdom, if it moves like a material, if it is quiet, if it is proud", Tang Xuanzong listened to it very happily and hugged Li Bi, saying that he would definitely be able to have a big show in the future, and sure enough, then Li Bi became the prime minister.
Wu Zetian was the first female emperor of China, and he was also very fond of couplets, often having fun with their ministers. Once, Wu Zetian heard that there were two prodigy sisters in the folk, so he ordered that these two sisters be invited into the palace. When they arrived at the palace, the two sisters were inevitably a little nervous, but they still answered like a stream, and Wu Zetian was very impressed with them, so he made a link: "Lotus flowers in the river, who does the monk wear"? This couplet looks very simple, but this is a very difficult homophone, in the couplet "river", "he", "he", "Ho" 4 words, the pinyin is the same, but it is a different word, so the lower link is very difficult.
After seeing it, Wenwu of the Manchu Dynasty thought that they might not be able to match it, but he did not expect that the prodigy sister, looking at the palace girl playing the piano next to him, thought of the next link: "Love the strings, clear tone play to Qing'e." This couplet is very wonderful, in which the words "love", "qin", "qing" and "qing" correspond to the upper couplet. Wu Zetian was also very happy, and nodded secretly for them, it turned out that their reputation was not false. But is the sister's reputation brought by the sister? For this reason, Wu Zetian made another shanglian for his sister: "Frozen soldiers and soldiers smashed ice and crushed military vehicles", this painting of shanglian and just now is only more than enough, and the ministers have also pinched sweat for this.
But what I didn't expect was that my sister also quickly answered: "Dragon Wolong ZhonglongLonglong Dragon Flying from Longzhong." Wu Zetian laughed and left the two sisters in the palace, which also became a good story.