What are the similarities and differences between couplets and sketches?

First, couplets are used for different purposes. They are mainly used to celebrate festivals or other important commemorations, or to be pasted on both sides of a building door as an artistic expression of language and writing, and are mainly used for praising or evaluating or pinning some feelings. Essays are mainly used in literary evenings or other performance venues for public entertainment.

Second, the audience is different. The audience of couplets is generally higher, and people without a certain cultural background can't understand it or can't fully understand it. Essays are appreciated for elegance and vulgarity.

Third, the forms are different. Couplets generally include four-character horizontal couplets, and then include five-character, seven-character and eleven-character couplets, which are different from each other, and pay attention to the level and level correspondence. The sketch is usually a live performance, the number of people is generally 2 to 4, and the time ranges from a few minutes to more than ten minutes.

Fourth, the emphasis is different. Generally speaking, couplets look at the refinement of language, the exquisite calligraphy and the natural appropriateness of antithesis; Essays generally look at the amount of baggage, whether the body language performance is in place, and so on.

The similarity is that they are both literary expressions based on language.