Folklore expert: a large number of printed couplets hinder the inheritance of couplets culture

"Modern science and technology print a large number of couplets, which is not good for the inheritance of couplets culture." Wang Zuokun, an expert in folklore, hit the nail on the head.

In his memory, until the middle of last century, calligraphy Spring Festival couplets were still very popular. 1947 Before and after the Spring Festival, he went to a poor classmate's house. This family just dipped oil and water in the bottom of the pot and created their own Spring Festival couplets: "I am so greedy when people eat meat"; In the 1970s, when he went to a ruined temple for field investigation, he found that a group of beggars there actually wrote couplets themselves: "There is no tile on the top, and there is no vertical cone on the bottom".

"Of course, these couplets are not standardized or even conform to the basic law of creation, but as a folk cultural phenomenon, they are still worthy of attention. To a large extent, it is this kind of couplet that anyone can create that has ensured the spread of couplets among ordinary people for thousands of years. " Wang said to him.

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