First couplet: Reunion of sixty-year-olds, adding thirty-seven years. Second couplet: Double celebration of ancient times, one more Spring and Autumn Period
On the fiftieth anniversary of Qianlong, a banquet for thousands of seniors was held in the Qianqing Palace. One of the participants was a 141-year-old man. Qianlong wrote a sentence based on his age:?
The 60s bloom again, plus thirty-seven years;?
Ji Xiaolan said to him:?
The ancient and rare pairs Celebrate, another spring and autumn. ?
Sixty years old means sixty years old. Reblooming refers to two sixty-year-olds, one hundred and twenty years old. Thirty-seven is twenty-one years old. The first couplet adds up to a total of one hundred and forty-one years. Guxi means seventy years old. Shuangqing refers to two ancient people, one hundred and forty years old. One spring and autumn is one year old. The second line adds up to one hundred and forty-one years. The characteristic of couplets lies in their skillful use of numbers.
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60 is a "60", the reunion of the "60" is 120, 37-21, plus 37, that is 141 years old. ?
70 is a "ancient and rare" ", the ancient Xi Shuangqing is 140, add one more, that is 141 years old.