Ancient couplets were written from right to left, so the first couplet was on the right side of the door. Now, because the writing habit is from left to right, some people stick the top couplet on the left side of the door.
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1 Basic introduction:
Couplets, also known as "couplets" and "couplets", are literary forms with the same number of words, neat antithesis, harmonious rhythm and complete semantics.
It originated from the antithesis of China's ancient poems, originated in the Five Dynasties, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and has a history of more than 1000 years. The form of couplets is neat and even, which is the embodiment of Chinese characters with one word, one sound and one meaning. Therefore, couplets are a unique literary form of Chinese language and a cultural treasure of the Chinese nation.
In China, couplets are widely used among the people. For example, Spring Festival couplets are posted on the door during the New Year, and couplets are hung on the door when the store is open, and they are played during entertainment.
2 the origin of the triple:
During the Spring Festival, every supermarket or market will sell couplets. Every family will choose a beautiful couplet for themselves and stick it on both sides of the door. If the North likes stick grilles, then the South is used to posting couplets. Spring Festival couplets have horizontal comments, upper and lower couplets, and pay attention to intonation and rhyme to symbolize auspiciousness.
Couplets, also known as "door pairs" and "spring posts", are a kind of couplets, named after being posted during the Spring Festival. One source of couplets is Fu Tao. At first, people carved figures out of mahogany and hung them by the door to ward off evil spirits. Later, they painted the door god on the mahogany, simplified it and wrote the door god's name on the mahogany board. Another source of couplets is spring stickers. The ancients posted the word "Yichun" more and more in the spring, and gradually developed into couplets.
Since ancient times, the people of China have had an optimistic concept of thinking, that is, pinning their hopes on the future and praying that the future will bring them good luck. No matter what you are happy or proud of in the past year, or what you are unhappy about, you always hope that next year will be better, so when the Spring Festival comes, posting Spring Festival couplets is just the best choice to achieve this goal.
They use couplets to express their joy and happiness in the coming year, or to express their expectations and high hopes for the new year. In their traditional concept, a good start in a year is the most pleasant and auspicious thing. Therefore, every Spring Festival, they express their good feelings and good expectations for the future by posting couplets.