I feel that Spring Festival couplets now mainly add to the New Year atmosphere and highlight the festive and peaceful meaning. It seems that some cultural connotations are missing. Most of the printed Spring Festival couplets in recent years have the same content, which further deepens this feeling. For people with cultural needs, it makes sense to ask others to write for you or write it yourself. Articles express aspirations, and books convey truth. I think the gradual distance between form and content is also a major feature of current Spring Festival couplets!
Spring couplets with a history of more than a thousand years are China’s unique Spring Festival folk custom and can be called the quintessence of the nation. Its rigorous rhythm, profound meaning, and graceful form are beyond the reach of foreign writing, especially Western pinyin writing, and reflect the broad and profound cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. As Chinese people continue to go abroad, this cultural tradition has also been brought to all parts of the world. Mr. Chang Jiang once said: "Couplets are the simplest cultural symbol for Chinese people all over the world to recognize their ancestors, find their roots, and converge on their differences."
Features of couplets: Couplets must use poetic and concise language to express complete and unified semantics. , and should be reflected in neat and ingenious forms and beautiful and harmonious rhythms. Neat form and graceful rhythm are the most prominent features of the couplets. Specifically, a good couplet should meet the following requirements
Posting Spring Festival couplets is an ancient Chinese tradition and a very interesting custom. The tradition of posting Spring Festival couplets only exists in China. If you really want to trace it back, the history is very long. And posting Spring Festival couplets actually has its own particularities, such as the method of pasting the Spring Festival couplets, the content of the Spring Festival couplets, etc. The reading order of us modern people is generally from left to right, but it was different in ancient times. The order of reading and writing in ancient times was from right to left. Therefore, when posting Spring Festival couplets, you must remember that our Spring Festival couplets still maintain this tradition, so the upper couplet we post should be on the right side of the door, and the second couplet should be on the left hand side of the door.
1. Formal features: The number of words in the upper and lower couplets is equal, the parts of speech are relative, the structure is consistent, the rhythm is consistent, the level and oblique are in harmony and the meaning is related.
2. Content characteristics: The Spring Festival couplets are generally relaxed and cheerful, full of joy, appropriate to the time and situation, and express emotions. They hope for a good and prosperous year, including welcoming the new year, praising a prosperous age, and praying for good fortune. meaning.