The origin of couplets
Parallel prose and rhyme are two direct sources of couplets. In the process of its own development, couplets have absorbed the characteristics of ancient poems, essays, lyrics and songs. Therefore, in addition to the sentence patterns used in couplets and parallel prose, there are also ancient verse sentences and parody sentences. Different sentence patterns have different metrical patterns and different leniency.
Among them, the sentence pattern of rhythmic poetry is the most strict, while the sentence pattern of ancient verse has no restrictions except at the end of the sentence.
Couplets are the treasures of China traditional culture, and the earliest recorded couplets appeared in the Three Kingdoms period.
There is also a beautifully made couplet cloud on the iron cross, which celebrates the four seas of An Lan and leaves a cross on the iron pillar. All the people are pregnant with Ozawa, and the golden stove is fragrant for generations. Spring Festival couplets are called Spring Festival couplets, funeral couplets are called elegiac couplets, and wedding couplets are called violet couplets. Couplets are a national style written by using the characteristics of Chinese characters. Generally speaking, rhyming antitheses are unnecessary.