Before the festival, CCTV, the National Library and the China Couplet Society jointly held a collection activity for Spring Festival couplets in the Year of the Horse. As a fan, I actively participated. In the end, a pair of Spring Festival couplets recommended by me was listed among the 1 "excellent Spring Festival couplets of past dynasties". After participating in the competition, I remembered some past events related to couplets.
I was born in a farmer's family. My parents attach importance to education, and my children are rarely illiterate. Every year during the Chinese New Year or during weddings and funerals, I write my own couplets. Although the words and phrases may not enter the eyes of the Fang family, I can also entertain myself. Because my father still has a younger brother, my family separated quite early. My new home is on the edge of the village. For safety, I have a puppy, which is similar to my birth year.
As long as I can remember, my grandfather wrote Spring Festival couplets for several years. Grandpa's handwriting is very neat and standardized, and Yan Kai is generous and dignified, just like him. He always finds suitable couplets from several old almanac books, and writes two pairs every year, one for his hometown and the other for his new home. Later Spring Festival couplets are often written by my brother-in-law, whose handwriting is very car-scrapping, long and straight, with some Liu Ti or European flavor, which looks very natural and unrestrained, but sometimes a few words are written badly, which is not as stable as grandpa's handwriting.
Later, when my brother and I grew up, we began to like calligraphy and pay attention to Spring Festival couplets. Old newspapers and unused books at home had to be filled with Chinese characters before they were thrown away. I also used a dog brush made of hair cut from the dog to write on the concrete floor and cement wall with water. After that, every time the Spring Festival approaches, we put the waste newspapers and ink cartridges on the coffee table and began to practice writing, writing couplets and scribbling.
My father, my brother and I often disagree with each other over the use of Chinese characters in Spring Festival couplets, and have a bitter quarrel. And my mother will always join in, saying that your father and son can't even write a couplet for a few days, so I might as well write it.
In fact, the conjunctions of father and son are all ok. My father's pen handwriting is very natural and unrestrained, and his brush handwriting is slightly inferior, neat and formal. My brother's handwriting is scrawled, slightly Yu Youren's brushwork; I am a little less patient because of the lack of patience, but sometimes I can write a few beautiful words. I still remember that the first couplet I wrote and adopted was: "I was drunk and resigned for a thousand years;" Smile at the new willow dew of the century. " It was written by my brother during the Spring Festival in 21. After posting, whenever I see relatives who come to pay New Year greetings, I will capture their eyes and comments on Spring Festival couplets.
four or five years later, my father died unexpectedly and suddenly. The whole family is heartbroken. During the period of mourning, Spring Festival couplets will no longer be posted during the New Year. Later, my brother, who worked in other places, came back for a wedding. When the family's gloom was swept away for many years, my brother-in-law and I began to write couplets, which were posted on every door. Others don't want to care too much, but they are always dissatisfied with the pair on the column of the main room. Finally, I made a couplet called: "Junlang hired Jia Shu to play Qi Mei's case; On an auspicious day, I welcome my relatives, and the words are mulberry. " The word is grandpa catching the pen himself.
more than a year later, grandpa is dead. In the meantime, the old dog who guarded my house for more than 2 years and contributed a lot of dog hair to me also ended his life and rested in peace.
In the next few years, because my brother worked and settled in other places, I worked in a neighboring province. Sometimes I spent the Spring Festival here and sometimes there, but I didn't have the heart to write couplets. Either you don't post it, or you post a pair that you sent when you bought something. It's the Spring Festival. At this time, I always think of the dribs and drabs of that year. There is one less person in a family of four, and my mother floats around with our brothers. The four people are scattered in three places, and the lonely grave is desolate, regardless of the wind and rain.
Before the Spring Festival this year, I saw the solicitation of Spring Festival couplets in the Year of the Horse. I voted for several pairs, and the final result was announced. I was a little disappointed, but after reading it carefully, I really found out the wisdom of everyone, and I was convinced. Happily, the recommended pair of Spring Festival couplets was selected as one of the 1 outstanding Spring Festival couplets in previous dynasties, which is also a recognition of my vision and can be a little comforting.
Looking back at the couplets written in those days, I know that there are many irregularities, but the memories of the past are hard to give up. I can't help but think of my grandfather, my father who died young, and my old dog who is the same age as my family but separated by yin and yang. I can't help crying again.