Legend has it that Spring Festival couplets evolved from "Fu Tao". Fu Tao is a wooden board used to draw door gods in ancient times. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Tang Dynasty, Fu Tao's content was gradually replaced by two antithetical auspicious poems, so a new form of couplets appeared, which evolved into the custom of posting Spring Festival couplets during the Spring Festival. "Thousands of families always trade new peaches for old ones every day." When Wang Anshi added this famous sentence to the Song Dynasty, Fu Tao was already in the transition to Spring Festival couplets.
Spring Festival couplets attach great importance to balance and color, harmonious rhyme, antithesis, duality and so on. Not only the words are equivalent, the structure is symmetrical, but also the meanings should be corresponding, which naturally becomes interesting. Generally speaking, there are two sentences with five or seven words each. There are many kinds of Spring Festival couplets, including street couplets, door-to-door couplets, short Spring Festival couplets and Da Chun couplets. Each pair of Spring Festival couplets has a horizontal batch and a word "fu", as well as buckets and screen stickers, door hearts and pillars. Generally, on the opposite side of the street gate and the opposite side of the house, "Go out to see happiness" is posted, "Look up to see happiness" is posted in the house, and "Welcome to sample" and "Mu Hong" are posted on the screen wall.
Nowadays, many people's Spring Festival couplets are not well written, well written and well written, which is a great pity. These Spring Festival couplets, instead of giving people beautiful enjoyment, make people feel spoiled. Most of the Spring Festival couplets sold in the market are written in languages such as "Fulu, Xi Shou, Auspicious and Treasure", lacking artistic conception and creativity, and most of them are printed, and there are few handwritten Spring Festival couplets written on the spot.
As an important part of traditional culture, Spring Festival couplets are also facing the problem of inheritance and development. Wu Bing 'an, a folklorist, said that there are a series of old customs in China with far-reaching historical influence, many of which are worth declaring as world intangible cultural heritage. However, many old customs are submerged by modern concepts and need to be sorted out and protected. Spring Festival couplets are a unique folk form of Spring Festival in China. Their artistic form and cultural connotation are very unique, and they have a sense of beauty that foreign languages and words can't match. Moreover, Spring Festival couplets should be written by themselves and need protection and rescue. As a special cultural heritage, Spring Festival couplets can be declared as world intangible cultural heritage.
Some experts believe that China's Spring Festival couplets, like Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera, are the quintessence of the country, and its rigorous meter, profound meaning and beautiful form are beyond the reach of foreign languages. However, under the impact of modern culture, people in China are less and less able to make Spring Festival couplets, which is a retrogression of culture and art. Regarding the application for the Spring Festival couplets, Professor Qu believes that the successful application for the Spring Festival couplets is generally an endangered heritage, and the Spring Festival couplets still have a certain mass base. Spring Festival couplets are not the only medicine to save culture.
Second, anecdotes about Spring Festival couplets:
1, the earliest pair of couplets: On the eve of the Spring Festival in 964 (the 27th year of Houshu), Meng Chang, the owner of Houshu, suddenly ordered his officials to write couplets on the "Fu Tao Board" (a red wooden board painted with statues, which used to be thought to ward off evil spirits) to test their talents. However, when courtiers wrote dialogues to Meng Chang, Meng Chang was not satisfied. So he personally picked up a pen and wrote on the "Fu Tao board": "Qing Yu Festival in the New Year. Changchun ". This is the earliest Spring Festival couplets recorded in Chinese characters.
2. Zhu Yuanzhang advocated Spring Festival couplets: The folk custom of posting Spring Festival couplets began in the Song Dynasty and prevailed in the Ming Dynasty. According to historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, loved couplets. He not only writes by himself, but also often encourages his officials to write. One year on New Year's Eve, he sent a message: "A pair of Spring Festival couplets must be added to the door of public officials or scholars." On New Year's Day, I was very happy to see the Spring Festival couplets that complement each other. He went to a house and saw that there were no Spring Festival couplets on the door, so he asked why. It turns out that the owner kills pigs, and he is worried that no one can write Spring Festival couplets. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately wrote down the Spring Festival couplets of "splitting the road of life and death with both hands and cutting off the root of right and wrong with one knife" and gave them to this family. From this story, we can see that Zhu Yuanzhang vigorously advocated Spring Festival couplets, and it was precisely because of his vigorous advocacy that it promoted the popularization of Spring Festival couplets.
3. "The First Long Couplet of Ancient and Modern Times" (seen in Daguan Garden Building in Kunming): The first couplet: 500-mile Dianchi Lake, running to the fundus. I was very happy when I was lying on the shore. Look: Dong Jun; Western spiritual instruments; Go north, winding; It is better to choose the winner than to board the chessboard. Taking advantage of the snail state of crab island, it will be windy and foggy to comb the incense. More frequent days and reeds are dotted with some jade feathers and Danxia. Don't live up to it: fragrant rice around you; Sand cleaning; Nine summer hibiscus; Three spring willows Bottom line: a thousand years ago, keep it in mind. Empty the wine and sigh where the hero is. Think: biography of Han Xilou; Tang Biao iron column; Song wields a jade axe; Yuan straddles the leather bag. Wei Lie played an important role in moving mountains and rivers. Draw a building with a bead curtain, and the volume is not as good as the sunset rain. Then I broke the wreckage and gave it all to the pale smoke. Only win: a few minutes; Half a river fishing fire; Two rows of autumn geese; A frosting pillow.
4. Talking Spring Festival couplets: There is a kind of "talking Spring Festival couplets" in a shop near Xi 'an Wen Yi Road. It looks no different from ordinary Spring Festival couplets. The upper part is a couplet written with "gold powder", and a small part of the lower part is designed with a red doll in relief, holding a cornucopia in her arms. When people pass by, they will be shaken by their footsteps, and the red doll will smile and say "Congratulations on getting rich". The principle is simple. Just install a voice control electronic system on the back of the big red doll.
Third, Spring Festival poetry.
1, Yuan Ri (Wang Anshi):
In addition to the one-year-old firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tu Su; The rising sun sheds light on doors of each household, New peachwood charm is put up to replace the old.
2. Fengcheng New Year Pictures (Tea Shen Xing)
Cleverly cut Silla and paint colorful gold like a moth; Since then, the scissors have been idle for a month, and there are more sewing in the boudoir before the age of 20.
3, in addition to the night (Southern Song Dynasty) Wen Tianxiang:
Dry kunkong, years go to the church; The end of the road is stormy, and the poor side is full of ice and snow. Life disappears with the years, and the body is forgotten; There is no such thing as killing Su Meng. It's still early at night.
4, selling dementia words (Tang) Fan Chengda:
On new year's eve, people don't sleep, tired of being depressed and forcing the new year; Children are told to take the long street, and clouds are called to sell if they have dementia.
5. Tian Jia Yuanri (Tang) Meng Haoran:
I returned to the north last night and set out from the east today; I'm already strong, and I'm worried about agriculture without money. Mulberry field cultivates father, lotus hoe follows shepherd boy; Tian said that this year's climate is abundant.
Fourth, talk about the Spring Festival.
The Spring Festival is a family reunion festival, which is very similar to Christmas in the West. Children who leave home will have to travel thousands of miles back to their parents' home at this time. The night before the real Spring Festival is called Reunion Night, and the whole family will sit around and wrap up jiaozi. Jiaozi's practice is to mix dough first, and the word "harmony" means "combination"; Jiaozi in jiaozi is homophonic with "dumpling", and "harmony" and "dumpling" have the meaning of reunion, so jiaozi is used to symbolize reunion.
Six elements of welcoming spring
Six essentials of welcoming the Spring: sweeping, posting, inviting, watching, worshiping and playing.
Sweep, dust, it's a year-end cleaning. Because of the homonym of "dust" and "Chen", sweeping dust in the Spring Festival means "getting rid of the old and not being new", which means sweeping away all "unlucky" and "unlucky".
Paste, paste Spring Festival couplets, New Year pictures and the word "Fu".
Please, please Kitchen God and God of Wealth.
Shou, shou sui. In ancient times, observing the age has two meanings: the old man's observing the age means "resigning from the old", which means cherishing time; The purpose of keeping young people alive is to prolong the life span of their parents.
Bye-bye, New Year. New Year's greetings are knocking on elders; New Year greetings are greetings from peers.
Play with the dragon lantern, pray for the blessing of the dragon, and hope that the weather will be good and the grain will be plentiful.
Vi. Spring Festival greetings
1, Spring Festival couplets are gorgeous, expressing my concern for you; Smoke and flowers, convey my thoughts of you; Firecrackers express my blessing to you! Happy Spring Festival, old friend!
2. Wish is the wind, happiness is the sail, and blessing is the boat. Let the wind of desire raise the sail of happiness and float to you gently with the ship of blessing! I wish you a happy Spring Festival, like a sesame blossom!
3, the Spring Festival is like a sugar-coated gourd, one is health, followed by happiness; Spring Festival is like a lucky tree. Shake wealth and shake harmony again ... May you grasp the sugar gourd in one hand and the lucky tree in the other, and be hard with both hands!
4, smooth sailing, two dragons take off, three sheep open Thailand, four seasons are safe, five blessings, six or six Dashun, seven stars shine high, all directions to make money, 99 in one, perfect.
5, firecrackers, deep thoughts and deep affection. Send a glass of Tu Su wine with greetings. Send you a word, on New Year's Eve, by the fire, shed tears for your hometown, and get ahead in the Year of the Rooster!
6, hand-painted new peaches for old symbols, set off firecrackers to exorcise evil spirits. There is an old friend by the Jialing River. Who are the new peaches and firecrackers? Think about coming to power at his age and seeing things today! Trust can spread beyond the cloud, so it doesn't matter if you are here sooner or later!
7. "In the new year, Qing Yu, the number of festivals is in the sky." How are you doing abroad now? You miss it at the New Year's Eve, you miss it when you exchange new peaches for old ones, you miss it when you drink Tu Su wine, but you miss it in the wine of acacia!
8. With the New Year's bell, I wish you a happy first day of the new year ~ The bell will give you my truest and most sincere wishes!
9. The new year has come again. I say hello to you. Everything goes well, life is better, and good luck every day. The longer the more handsome. Gold is at home and money is on the wall.
10, Happy New Year! Happy family! There are many good things in the new year! Smile more! Happy every second, happy every day, happy every year, healthy forever!
1 1. I wish you career "Hongtashan", love "Marlboro", lover "Ashima" and wealth "Greater China".
12, Happy New Year, all good things have come! Friends smile and joy surrounds you! Celebrate the festival and live a happy life! Happy! Happy! Safe life!
13, He Xinchun, a holiday, congratulations on making a fortune! Happy new year, all the best, all the best!
The bell is my greeting, the song is my blessing, the snowflake is my greeting card, the wine is my kiss, the breeze is my hug and happiness is my gift! Give it all to you
15, the new year, the hope in my heart, the new beginning, the harvest in my heart, the new starting point and the happiness in my heart. May happiness and wealth be with you forever. Happy New Year!
16, the new year, hope in my heart, new beginning, harvest in my heart, new starting point, happiness in my heart. May happiness and wealth be with you forever. Happy New Year!
17, I wish you all your hopes, dreams, expectations and efforts in the new year!
18, the wind is soft and the rain is soft, the moon is full and the people are round, and the iron box on the peninsula is with you, showing your happy face every day! Winter goes and spring comes, and life needs to be full of joy! Listen to a light song and say peace! Good luck in the new year and all the best.
19, a thousand flowers for you, please love yourself; A thousand paper cranes are given to you to keep your troubles away from you; Give you 1000 lucky stars, let good luck surround you, and wish you a happy new year!
20. May all good dreams snuggle up to you, falling asleep is sweet, and waking up is real! May all wealth hang over you! Sunrise is expensive, sunset is rich! May all good luck take care of you! Always auspicious! Carve peace!
[Language Highlights]
● The Spring Festival is like a long affection, like a warm sun that soothes the soul, more like soft and mellow wine and aging. The Spring Festival is a joyful and harmonious atmosphere, just like the spicy hot pot in winter, which is hot and spicy. After tasting it, leave it fragrant. Full of warm emotional expression, it makes the taste of the year rich and melancholy, with a long aftertaste.
● The Spring Festival is the key to your heart. Please use it to end your life. Every day the hands flash by, youth rushes by, and late spring comes in a hurry. The Spring Festival is coming. Let's wind up life again at the moment when the hands of the clock meet, and then cherish this key. You know, your chances of using it in your life are limited after all.
It's the Spring Festival. After a long time, I arrived at a new post office. But don't forget, there is still a long way to go. There are always more or less expectations in life. They are like shining pearls hidden in the road ahead. Only brave and fearless people can achieve it.
● Spring Festival is a fruit, either rich or dry. This is a gift of time, and people accept it in almost the same form and in completely different moods. It's the Spring Festival, and only you know what kind of fruit is hanging on the branches in your heart. You chew and digest in your own mood, and continue to cultivate in the future. Next year's fruit is because of this seed, whether sweet or bitter, because you cultivated it with hard sweat. No pains, no gains.
The Spring Festival is a gorgeous bird. It only sings a few songs in its life, and its songs are better than those of any creature in the world. More often, it flies quietly, looking for food, accumulating strength, and then waiting for the next song. Life is like this, singing at the cost of life. Cherish this bird of life, turn this spiritual shock into the eternity of memory, and tell yourself: cherish time.
● Life is a dynamic field. When the Spring Festival comes, you are like an old farmer plowing a long field, resting in the field for a while, then pulling yourself together, sowing the plowshares of life again and starting a new day. ......
● Why do I love to go back to everyone's Spring Festival? Why do you like a place where you only stay for ten days in a few years? I think, because there are many loving people there, I like to share with them the happiness of the Spring Festival, the warmth of family reunion and the lasting and eternal love. On the long-distance phone call, when I said "Go home for the New Year", my grandmother, who was over 70 years old, seemed to sigh gently, but I always knew that she seemed to see a bright smile on that loving face.
● The feeling of Chinese New Year is reunion. After the Spring Festival, our whole family put on beautiful and neat new clothes, and everyone had a happy smile on their faces. Along the way, my parents and I sang "Come home often" and came to my grandmother's house. Because only after the Spring Festival will our family have time to get together. We all went to the beautiful 2 19 park to enjoy the light show, then went to the beautiful Victory Square, Station Square and so on, and then climbed to the top of Martyrs' Mountain to see the panoramic view of Anshan. Seeing how beautiful Anshan has become, grandparents are happy from ear to ear. They have been saying, "Anshan has become so beautiful, so good …" We are happy to take pictures together and really want to keep this happy time and beautiful scenery forever.
● The feeling of Chinese New Year is festive. Along the way, the first sentence when you meet a familiar person is congratulations, and words of blessing can be seen everywhere. Walking in the streets, bright and festive couplets can be seen everywhere, and festive firecrackers can be heard from time to time. Ah, it feels good to celebrate the New Year!
● The feeling of Chinese New Year is my wish. During the Spring Festival, my grandma and dad not only gave me lucky money, but also took me to the bookstore to buy back many books I like. Many of our children's wishes can be gradually realized during the Spring Festival. Wow! It feels so good to celebrate the New Year!
[Appreciation of Model Essays]
Random thoughts on China New Year
Text/Shi Si
Life is good, and the taste of Chinese New Year is weak. This is the most common sigh during the Spring Festival in recent years. Yes, I remember when I was a child, I looked forward to the New Year. I am looking forward to new clothes, food and lucky money. But now, these have become no longer think so. You don't have to celebrate the New Year. You can buy clothes anytime. There is always something. As for the lucky money, when I grow up and work, there will be no lucky money to take. Even children today are basically not short of money.
I remember when I was a child, there was another program that I had to watch during the Spring Festival, and that was fireworks. As a girl, I don't like those firecrackers that light with a bang and nothing happens. Instead, I like some fireworks that will be colorful and run around after discharge. The most fun thing is to light it and throw it into the water. The splash sound and colorful flames after the cannon sound are very beautiful. Another kind of fun is the rocket launcher. The bold can be held in your hand, and the timid can also be stuck in the ground, lit and shot out with a "squeak". That feeling is really exciting. At that time, setting off fireworks was the most interesting thing to celebrate the Spring Festival. Almost all the lucky money I got in the New Year was used to buy fireworks. Of course, this is for children. As for why adults set off firecrackers during the Spring Festival, this is a custom handed down from the past. Ju said that the so-called "year" is actually a beast. In the past, people used firecrackers to scare away Nian. "Nian" has gone, which is "Nian". So that's what Chinese New Year actually means.