"Thousands of households on the day of the pupil, always replace the new peach with the old charm." This is a classic description of the couplet by Wang Anshi in "Yuan Ri", highlighting the importance and love of people for the couplet in ancient times. In the five thousand years of history of the continent, the history of the couplet can be described as very deep. Not only in ancient times, couplets were loved by people, but even in modern times, couplets have unlimited vitality.
The role of couplets is very rich, during the Spring Festival, every household will post spring couplets to show good luck, and on weekdays, literati and inkers will also use pairs to communicate and discuss.
According to legend, in ancient times, once a woman came out of the upper league: although the silver gun is sharp, it is difficult to break the thousand-year-old meadow. At this time, a man's lower link made the woman blush. So what exactly is this man's next link? This is not only curious.
An activity derived from a couplet
Couplets are a unique literary form on the mainland, although we always think that couplets are very commonplace, but this seemingly small couplet has a very long history.
Since in ancient times, speaking and writing emphasized symmetry and rhyme, people invented the literary form of couplets. The earliest appearance of this literary form of couplets was in the Zhou Dynasty. But because paper and writing had not yet been invented, couplets were merely verbal transmission.
Later, with the change of the times, as well as the unification of writing and the emergence of papermaking. Couplets began to be written on paper, and the earliest couplets to be written in China appeared during the Qin Dynasty.
It can be seen that the couplets we see today have actually evolved over thousands of years of development.
Secondly, the characteristics of the couplet are also very distinct. First of all, couplets are often very concise in content, but at the same time profound. In terms of language form, couplets should pay attention to rhyme and duality, and there must be correlation and symmetry between upper and lower links. Moreover, the contents of the couplet should also be catchy to read and easy to remember.
In addition to the long development time and distinctive characteristics, in ancient times, couplets were often used in various activities. First of all, literati and inkers often use couplets to discuss each other to see who has a richer knowledge reserve. Secondly, in ancient examinations, couplets were also used to ask questions.
Give the upper link and let the candidate answer the lower link. At the same time, in many cases, some women will also use the form of couplets to select their husbands, that is, "couplets to recruit relatives"
"Couplet beckons", the woman happened to be on the league
In ancient times, men and women married with the orders of their parents and the words of the matchmaker. However, there are exceptions, some ladies of large families, because their own conditions are very good, so sometimes they will personally "recruit relatives" and select excellent men as husbands. For example, there are: "contest to recruit relatives" and "couplets to recruit relatives" and the like.
Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a famous rich man in Suzhou who had a daughter as beautiful as a flower. Because the family conditions of Zhang Rich Lord were very good, even in ancient times when the status of women was low, Zhang Rich Lord's daughter was still full of poetry and books, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and it can be said that she was a well-deserved talented woman at that time.
In the blink of an eye, when the age of the daughter talking about marriage and marriage, Zhang Rich Lord did not want his daughter to marry casually, so he gave the initiative to his daughter.
Because the daughter of The Rich Lord Zhang attaches great importance to the cultural accomplishment of men, she decided to launch a "couplet recruitment". The rule of this "couplet recruitment" is: Zhang Rich lord's daughter is out of the upper league, the man who participates in this recruitment is against the lower league, who is the best for the lower league, who can marry her home.
On the day of the recruitment, Miss Zhang took out her own Shanglian: "Although the silver gun is advantageous, it is difficult to break the thousand-year-old meadow." Miss Zhang's uplink is indeed very exquisite. This uplink means that although the silver gun is very sharp, it is difficult to penetrate the grass.
As soon as this link came out, it really stumped many of the men present who came to invite relatives, and they were dumbfounded and retreated in frustration.
The man coincidentally paired up, causing the woman to blush
But just as there are so-called people outside the world, there are always talented people in the world. Just when Miss Zhang and Zhang Cai lord thought that this recruitment of relatives must end without a disease, there was such a man in the crowd who suddenly said such a sentence: The light is weak, and it can burn thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.
It is not difficult to see that this sentence is also very clever. Its content refers to: although the lights are very weak, they can burn all the miles of the country. The lower link given by the man corresponds to Miss Zhang's upper link and the meaning is also in line. Miss Zhang was very satisfied with this lower link after listening to it, and she understood that this was the ideal husband she wanted, and she couldn't help but blush.
Because Miss Zhang took a fancy to this man's talent, she chose to marry this man and held a grand wedding.
Although the union of the two did not have the words of the matchmaker or the order of the parents at that time, it was a combination of true feelings and sincere intentions, and mutual appreciation and admiration. Therefore, their married life is also very happy and fit. Therefore, the love story of Miss Zhang and this man is also a good story, which has a long history in history.
It can be seen that the couplet is not only a simple cultural form, but also a witness to people's cultural accomplishment and cultural quality. It is precisely for this reason that couplets can stand out from all cultural forms, washed away by history but not faded, and still exude vitality to this day.
epilogue
Traditional culture is our treasure, and our attitude towards traditional culture has always been to take its essence and discard its dross. Couplets are a well-deserved witness to the history of the mainland and a cultural treasure. Therefore, in the face of such a colorful couplet in form and content, we should further inherit it while appreciating it. Couplets should not be seen as an old-fashioned thing. It should be clear that there is also infinite vitality and charm in it.
Just as Miss Zhang uses couplets to recruit relatives, now we can also use couplets to hold various activities. For example, the school will explain the couplet in the classroom, and the exam will also ask students to write the couplet. This is not only a reflection of the rich content of the classroom.
It also shows that we now attach more and more importance to tradition. In the end, we might as well think about it. If you want to participate in the recruitment of relatives, in the face of Miss Zhang's uplink, what kind of downlink will you give to deal with it?
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