Feel the charm of traditional Chinese culture

Chinese culture is broad and profound, and writing couplets is a long-standing cultural custom. For thousands of years, the small couplet has not only pinned on the literati and scholars, but also highlighted the many idle feelings of ordinary people. On the occasion of the Spring Festival, several pairs of couplets are hung on the lintels and halls, which make people feel warm and auspicious in the joyful door. "China on Words: Couplets" (published by China Railway Publishing House) compiled by the Editorial Board of the "Guoxue Collection" series of books has created a precedent for interpreting couplets with stories, so that readers can be infected by the profound cultural heritage of Yanglian in the process of reading, and fully feel the unique charm and beauty of Chinese characters.

In real life, as long as the couplet is mentioned, people can't help but think of the classic phrase "New Year Na Yu Qing, Festive Festival Changchun", which is said to be the earliest couplet in Chinese history. Couplets pay attention to the battle, and there are corresponding requirements in terms of flatness, word count, and even structure, which originated from the peach symbols of the Qin Dynasty. For thousands of years, it has been deeply contaminated by Chinese culture, and has experienced the careful cultivation of generations of literati and inkers, and has gradually formed the literary characteristics of neatness, coordination, condensation and refinement. A good couplet can not only reflect the literary talent of the creators, but also perceive their literary ingenuity and cultural heritage. The far-reaching couplet can show the social features such as folk customs and folklore in a small and large way, and even highlight the humanistic spirit and value pursuit of an era.

"Thousands of households always exchange new peaches for old charms." As an ancient civilization with a long history of 5,000 years, the couplet has been moisturized with its rich culture since its birth, growing up with the descendants of Yanhuang and growing with the growing strength of Chinese civilization. It can be said that the small couplet uses the inheritance power of the torch to pass on, turns the five thousand years of civilization into a brilliant sentence of the character pearl, lays out the endless Confucian culture in a thousand years of confrontation, infiltrates the national wisdom and personal talent into the undulating flatness, writes how many ingenious and ingenious combinations, and how many Chinese stories with endless memories are deduced. "China on Words: Couplets" uses vivid and interesting ancient and modern stories to connect a pair of popular couplets. While telling the story, he also made a brief analysis of the accurate meaning of a pair of couplets. This has played a role as a "living fossil" for us to understand the main theme of these couplets and to review the customs and social changes of different eras. In this sense, the couplet is more like a cross-section of Chinese history and culture, and the context clearly reflects the trajectory of civilization in our great country.

Reading "China on Words: Couplets" is refreshing, from which we can not only get cultural nourishment, enjoy the spiritual pleasure conveyed by those excellent pairs, but also learn new knowledge from one allusion after another. For example, from the anecdotes of Li Bailian Dou Yang Guozhong, we not only see the dancing style of Li Baidou's hundred poems, but also appreciate his wisdom and wit. At the same time, he has a new understanding of li Bai, a "poetry immortal". For another example, Zhu Yuanzhang's story of writing the Spring League is also quite interesting. One year, on the morning of the first day of the Chinese New Year, he went out on a tour in micro-clothing and was very happy to see the spring league that reflected each other. When he went to a house and saw that there was no Spring League posted on the door, he asked why. It turned out that the owner was a pig killer, and he was worried that he could not find anyone to write the Spring League. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately wrote a pair of Spring Leagues for this family: "Split the road of life and death with both hands, and cut the root of non-existence with one knife." This joint seems to be fierce, and the aftertaste is endless after careful consideration.

A pair of couplets, seemingly short and concise, but in fact, behind the battle contains a strong cultural connotation, is the crystallization of wisdom and knowledge. It can talk about history and humanities freely; it can not only rely on things and words, but also borrow ancient metaphors for the present. From the excellent couplet, you can always see the profound imprint of Chinese culture at any time, and smell the intoxicating aroma in the depths of the pen. They are like the leafy poplars on the land of China, firmly guarding the thousand-mile embankment of Chinese civilization, and casting a beautiful cultural corridor in a different style in the wind and rain.

A long time, all in the couplet. With the development of the times, the couplets that used to be used for fun and amusement have long since stepped out of the category of self-amusement, and the red tape and stereotypes of the old era are also advancing with the times, and are gradually replaced by those fresh and bold innovations. It can be believed that with the continuous attention of people to the couplet culture, this new and unique intangible cultural heritage will certainly glow with vitality in people's oral occupation and chanting, in people's writing and inheritance. (Kou ZhongFang)

(People's Court Daily)