First, distinguish between up and down links.
1, which can be divided equally by hue. Spring Festival couplets pay more attention to leveling. The last word of the first couplet is flat, and the last word of the second couplet should be flat. (Note: In Mandarin, one or two sounds are flat and three or four sounds are vague. )
2. It can be divided by time. Time is the first part and time is the second part.
3. It can be divided according to causality. "Cause" is the upper part and "effect" is the lower part.
4. It can also be divided according to the spatial scope. Generally speaking, the small one comes first and the big one comes last. For example, home and country are in a couplet, and the one containing home is the first couplet.
Second, if there is a horizontal batch, you can distinguish the upper and lower parts according to the horizontal batch.
1. If the horizontal batch is from right to left, the upper part is attached to the right and the lower part is attached to the left.
2. If the horizontal batch is from left to right, the upper part is attached to the left and the lower part is attached to the right.
Third, paste couplets.
Distinguish the top and bottom of the door. When facing the gate, the right hand direction is the top, and the left hand direction is the bottom. Generally, the first part will be pasted on it, and the second part will be pasted on it.
Extended data:
Couplets originated from the symmetry of characters and sounds in China, and appeared before the Zhou Dynasty. With the development of papermaking and calligraphy, couplets have become an independent style.
Couplets are short in form and concise in words, which is not only a vivid artistic expression, but also an excellent cultural heritage. Couplets are developed on the basis of ancient "Fu Tao" and "antithesis". The earliest Spring Festival couplets in China appeared more than 1000 years ago.
According to historical records, on the eve of the Spring Festival in the twenty-seventh year of the post-Shu Dynasty (AD 964), Meng Chang, the master of the post-Shu State, was good at learning couplets on weekdays, so when the new year came, he suddenly made a decree to ask ministers to write couplets on the "Fu Tao Board" to test his talents.
Ministers each wrote a picture and waited patiently for the inspection. Meng Chang looked at them one by one, but he was not satisfied. So he personally put pen to paper and wrote "Qing Yu in the New Year" on the "Fu Tao Board"; The festival number is Changchun. " This is the earliest Spring Festival couplets written by China.