Spring Festival couplets are also called door couplets, spring stickers, couplets, couplets and peach symbols. They depict the background of the times and express good wishes with neat, dual, concise and delicate words, which are unique literary forms in China. Every Spring Festival, no matter in urban or rural areas, every household should choose a pair of red Spring Festival couplets and stick them on the door to add festive atmosphere to the festival.
This custom originated in the Song Dynasty and was popular in the Ming Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, the ideological and artistic quality of Spring Festival couplets had been greatly improved. This paper discusses the origin of Spring Festival couplets and the characteristics of Liang Zhangju's various works.
The Spring Festival, also known as the Lunar New Year, is commonly known as the Chinese New Year. Generally speaking, it lasts from the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month to the 15th day of the first month, or from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month to the end of the month, with New Year's Eve and the first day of the New Year as the climax. We all have the custom of posting Spring Festival couplets on New Year's Eve.
Wang Xizhi's wonderful book Spring Festival couplets;
Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, moved from his hometown to Shaoxing, Zhejiang. At this time, it was the end of the year, and Wang Xizhi wrote a pair of Spring Festival couplets for his family and posted them on both sides of the gate. Couplets include: spring breeze, spring rain, spring scenery, new year, new year's new scene.
Unexpectedly, because Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is unparalleled, he is respected by the world. As soon as this couplet was posted, it took advantage of the night. After the family told Wang Xizhi, Wang Xizhi was not angry, so he picked up a pen and wrote a pair for his family to post again. This picture says: Beichen, the southern suburb of Yanyu.
Who knows, at dawn, it was uncovered again. But this day is already New Year's Eve, and the next day is New Year's Day. Seeing that every household in the neighborhood hung up Spring Festival couplets, but the door of her house was empty, Mrs. Wang was anxious to urge her husband to find a way.
Wang Xizhi thought about it, smiled and wrote another picture. After writing, he asked his family to cut out a pair of couplets and put the first half on the door: it never rains but it pours.
Someone really stole it at night. But in the moonlight, I can see that this couplet is unlucky. Although Wang Xizhi is a famous calligrapher, he can't take down this couplet full of dangerous predictions and hang it up. The thief had to sigh and slip away in the night.
At the dawn of the first day, Wang Xizhi went out in person and pasted the second half cut yesterday. At this time, many people are watching. When you look at it, the couplet becomes: Last night, it never rains but it pours.
When everyone saw it, they cheered in unison and applauded.