Yesterday morning, nearly 20 citizens had a discussion with Li Linzhou, an expert of provincial couplets, Zheng Benrong, a famous seal artist, and Guo Bin, director of Yushan Scenic Area Office. Everyone not only listened to a rich and vivid couplet knowledge class, but also understood the words on several couplets in Yushan Scenic Area. What excites everyone even more is that under the introduction of Director Guo of the scenic spot office, they also experienced a "deep tour in the mountains" while listening to the story of couplets in the mountains.
Popularize common sense of couplets
A 70-year-old senior lecturer used to be a student, taking notes and listening to couplet experts.
Early in the morning, before the activity started, many old gentlemen came to the gathering place in front of Penglai Pavilion in Yushan early. Mr. Lin Jingyi, who lives in Fu Fei Road and is over 70 years old, deliberately canceled his work arrangement in order to participate in the activity of "Yushan on honesty".
"I was going to give someone a class today. I read about your activities in the newspaper. I deliberately changed my class time with others to be a student. " Teacher Lin took out his notebook from his bag and told us with a smile that he is a senior lecturer and likes reading couplets at ordinary times.
The citizens who came to participate in the activities were very serious, and Li Linzhou, a couplet expert who gave a lecture on couplet knowledge for everyone that day, was not careless. Starting with paying attention to the posting and orderly placement of couplets, he explained the rules and neat requirements of couplets from easy to difficult, and taught some easy-to-master methods to let everyone learn to judge the problem couplets by themselves.
Li Linzhou made an in-depth analysis of the couplets previously discovered by readers of this newspaper-"Rongcheng tastes three Hunan flavors, and the Chu family drinks two lakes wine together" (see A 10, 13 edition of this newspaper for details). He said that an old gentleman had to start from the last word of the couplet, follow the law of "flat collection" and change the couplet to "Chu family drinks wine from the same lake, Rongcheng tastes Sanxiang cuisine". Although there is no problem with the "flat collection" of the last word of the couplet, it is still inappropriate. Strictly speaking, it is still. " Li Linzhou explained that the question of whether the last words of couplets are flush is only the most basic requirement of couplets, but it does not mean that the words of couplets are flush and the parts of speech are symmetrical, so couplets will be fine.
"The whole sentence level of the upper couplet should also be symmetrical with the lower couplet." Li Linzhou, for example, said, "If the sentence" Rongcheng tastes the taste of Hunan "is read as" even ",then the following couplet should be" even ",so that the whole couplet is correct." Because the couplet "Chu family drinking with the lake" is pronounced as "flat", the couplet is confusing, so not only the last word of the couplet, but also the order of the couplet should be changed.
Solve the difficult problems in couplets
Recognizing the couplets of seal script and listening to the stories of couplets, everyone experienced the "deep mountain tour"
At the request of Lao Wang in Fuzhou, Zheng Benrong, a famous seal script writer, made a word-for-word interpretation of two pairs of seal script couplets that he couldn't understand in the mountain scenic area (for details, please refer to the A34 edition of this newspaper on June 65438+1October 0).
Previously, Wang Yizhi tried to find out whether he misread the couplets of seal script in front of Pingyuan. After carefully examining the scene, Zheng Benrong said that this couplet should be read as the legacy of Penglai Pavilion and the discipline of military training, and it will remain high until it reaches Cexun Plain Station.
"I studied for a week and mispronounced two words!" Wang said that he had long recognized the word "soldier" as "Duan" and the word "drink" as "meaning".
Director Guo of Yushan Scenic Area Office explained that this couplet was inscribed by Mr. Gao Chachan, a calligraphy and seal engraver. Although the order should be changed according to the basic requirements of the couplet "Pingji", the meaning of the upper and lower couplets is orderly and should not be changed. Moreover, Mr. Gao, who wrote this couplet at that time, also specifically explained that the order of the upper and lower couplets was like this.
"Yes, if you change it according to the requirements of the couplet, the context of the upper and lower couplets will be reversed." Zheng Benrong also believes that this couplet should not be reversed, and the original author should be respected.
Zheng Benrong once again came to the couplet in front of Penglai Pavilion and looked at it carefully. He told Director Guo that according to the original couplet provided by the original author's family, it was indeed upside down and there were typos in it. "It is to engrave the word' I' on the word' Luo'." Zheng Benrong thinks this couplet should be corrected.
After everyone understood the meaning of the two couplets, Director Guo told the story of the couplets in front of the Seven Gong Temple in Lushan Mountain. He said that a long time ago, there was a pair of couplets, which was written in a paragraph: "Snow national humiliation, when I said martial arts 400 years ago, after reading its book, Shao's thirteen articles on the art of war." However, this couplet was destroyed because Duan did something that made Fuzhou people resentful in history, that is, he was killed in the "227 massacre". Later, they found in the ancestral temple in Qi Jiguang, Shandong Province that they used a sentence from the word "Man Jiang Hong" written by Yu Dafu-"Draw a sword and be cold and brave, and dial the clouds to point to the sun as a couplet." I feel very atmospheric, so I learned to use it.
"The last sentence of these two words is snoring. Although they are not suitable for couplets, we can't find a good couplet that can describe Qi Jiguang better than this. " Director Guo sighed helplessly. After knowing these reasons, everyone expressed understanding. Under director Guo's explanation, everyone also experienced a "deep mountain tour" and learned many stories that they had never heard before.
* * * Protect the culture of scenic spots.
Everyone hopes to establish a mechanism to check the pass and express the intention of "signing the alliance" to Director Guo of Lianshan Scenic Area.
I heard that experts on couplets are calling on relevant cultural departments to establish a mechanism to inspect couplets in public places such as scenic spots, and Director Guo of Yushan Scenic Area Office is also very supportive. He said that after the establishment of this mechanism, experts can be invited to check the couplets in public places in various scenic spots in the future, which is a good thing and can prevent the "sick couplet" from appearing again.
Ordinary citizens who participated in the activities also expressed the hope that the appeal of couplets experts would attract the attention of relevant government departments, so that Fuzhou could be worthy of the title of "Zou Lu on the seashore" and "Hometown of Couplets in China".
At the end of the activity, Director Guo also expressed the intention of "collecting" to the experts and citizens on the spot. He said that Yushan Scenic Area plans to build two mountain gates in the east and south, and the couplets on the stone pillars of the mountain gate archway will be collected for the society. "At that time, teachers are welcome to give us a check, and I hope that teachers can combine the history and culture of the mountain and go back to create some good couplets now!" Director Guo said.
After the "On the Mountain" activity, our report on "Investigating the Couplet Series around us" will come to an end for the time being. However, through this series of reports, I believe that the knowledge you have learned about couplets is enough for daily life. So I hope everyone will continue to check the couplets around them through what they have learned; You only need to call our hotline 968977 or send Weibo @ Southeast Express to tell us about the "sick couplet" you found, and you can contribute to the protection of Fuzhou's title of "Hometown of Couplets in China" together with the couplets experts!