"The New Year brings Yuqing, and the festival is called Changchun." It is usually believed that the main idea of ??the first couplet is: the New Year enjoys the legacy of the ancestors. The main idea of ??the second line is: the festival heralds the everlasting spring.
Literally, "New Year" and "Jiajie" are compound words with a positive relationship, meaning the same: New Year, a beautiful festival.
"Na" is a verb, which means "enjoyment". This is the meaning of "na" in "nafu" and "enjoy the coolness". "Hao" can be a verb or a noun. Most people think it is a verb, meaning "foreshadowing, meaning". However, as a verb, "Hao" can only be used as "howling, wailing", which means "calling, crying loudly".
"The New Year is full of joy, and the festival is called Changchun" is the first Spring Festival couplet recorded in our country's history. It is a peach-character couplet written by Meng Chang, the king of Shu in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
Extended information:
Spring couplets originated from Taofu. There is a long-standing saying that peach wood has the effect of warding off evil spirits. "Zhuangzi" describes: "Put peach branches in the house, with ashes underneath them. Children are not afraid when they enter, but ghosts are afraid of them." The small peach branches are endowed with magical effects. "The Records of the Years of Jingchu" records: "Peach boards are made for every household, and they are called fairy trees." The peach branches on the doors of every house have turned into peach boards.
Initially, the names or portraits of Shen Tu and Yu Lei were written on peach charms and hung at the head of the door to pray for blessings and avoid misfortunes. Later I wrote some auspicious words on it.
New Year's Eve in 964 AD is a day worth remembering in history. Emperor Meng Chang of the Later Shu Dynasty ordered a bachelor to inscribe on the peach board on the door of his dormitory. The bachelor did not dare to neglect and completed the inscription in a short time. Meng Chang read it and was dissatisfied, so he wrote a neat, auspicious and festive poem "New Year's Day, Happy Festival, Changchun".
This stroke of Meng Chang's is the earliest and most standardized couplet in historical records, which has landmark significance. From then on, in addition to words to ward off evil spirits, auspicious blessings for welcoming the spring and welcoming the rest can also be written on the peach charms.