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tongue twisters are also called urgent passwords, eating passwords, and awkward passwords. It is a traditional language game of the Han nationality. Because it intentionally gathers a number of disyllabic and reduplicated words or words with the same or similar pronunciation together to form a simple and interesting rhyme, which requires quick pronunciation, it makes people feel rhythmic and interesting to read. Tongue twister is a folk language game of Han nationality, which combines words with initials, finals or tones that are easily confused into repeated, overlapping, evasive and awkward sentences, and requires rapid pronunciation in one breath.
1. The emergence and development
The emergence of tongue twisters can be traced back to the era of the Yellow Emperor more than 5, years ago. The "Playing Songs", which was fortunately preserved in ancient books, is said to have been written by the Yellow Emperor. According to textual research, this is a ballad that is close to the original form, in which the basic component of tongue twisters-double-syllable rhyming words have already existed. Presumably, tongue twisters sprouted in the oral language of the working people of Han nationality before the appearance of characters.
With the formation and development of language and writing, our ancestors paid more and more attention to the similarities and differences between the parts before and after the pronunciation of Chinese characters, and found more and more disyllabic words. The relationship between these disyllabic rhymes is not handled well, and it is easy to entangle and confuse; After handling it well, it can produce extraordinary phonological beauty. This makes some people think of finding rules, practicing pronunciation and training oral expression. As a result, they began to consciously combine some words with the same sound and rhyme, deliberately beating around the bush and turning into sentences in a row to teach children to read and recite. Some of them are loud, awkward and humorous, which not only children like, but also many young people like. In this way, when one person sings or several people sing in harmony, it is passed down from ear to ear and spread among the people. In the process of spreading, people constantly revise, process, enrich and improve it, making it more similar to humorous ballads and more interesting. As for who is the specific author and reviser of tongue twisters, people have not paid attention at all. Therefore, it doesn't matter which tongue twister is whose work.
With the gradual improvement of tongue twister, it has spread among the people, and some scholars close to the lower class have begun to pay attention to this popular literary form. Later, Song Yu, a Chu writer later than Qu Yuan, once introduced the words with double rhymes into the hall of poetry creation. Nine Debates, a long political lyric poem, is his masterpiece, in which a large number of words with the same rhyme are used, which makes the syllables of the sentence vary intricately, and it is beautiful in rhyme and long in sentiment. This undoubtedly greatly expanded its status and influence. While drinking tea, many literati improvised a few words as a drinking order or taught children to recite them. Almost all the ancient tongue twisters preserved to this day are made by literati imitating Han folk tongue twisters. Moreover, we can also see Wen Tingyun, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, "Poems in Two Voices at the Monastery of Mr. Li's Villa" more than 1, years ago: "Sacrifice your breath and eliminate your heart; The eaves are sunny, the curtains are blue and dew, the neighborhood willows are cool, the high pavilion is over the empty valley, the lonely pole is separated from the ancient hill, and the pond court is light, as if it is fragrant. " Su Shi, a great litterateur in the Song Dynasty, wrote Poems of Eating Language ("The scattered Jiange is separated by a golden official"), and Gao Qi, a litterateur in the Ming Dynasty, wrote Poems of Wu Palace ("Pity for Chanjuan before the banquet"). From the content point of view, these tongue twisters are mostly pastimes after eating and drinking, and they have little value. From the form point of view, they are almost all word games that chew words, which are bookish and obscure, and the vast majority of the lower classes and children can only stay away from them. This greatly affects the language value and literary value of tongue twisters, and affects the popularization and improvement of tongue twisters. Regarding the tongue twisters in ancient times, there have been some records in Volume 5 of Wen Hai Pi Sha written by Xie Zhaoshuan, a writer in Ming Dynasty.
2. Overview of features
The feature of tongue twisters is that a number of disyllabic words, overlapping rhymes or words with the same or similar pronunciation and easily confused words are intentionally gathered together to form simple and interesting rhymes, forming a language art that is very confusing to read. It is worth mentioning that tongue twister is a good teaching material for language training. Seriously practicing tongue twister can make your mind react flexibly, use your breath freely, articulate clearly, and avoid stuttering. It can also be used as a casual and funny language game. For example, "there is a round eye in front of the mountain, and a round eye in the back of the mountain, and the two of them compare their eyes in front of the mountain;" I don't know if Yan's eyes are more round than Yang's, or Yang's eyes are more round than Yan's. " There is a song called "The Diviner and the Garlic Hanger", which also sounds very charming: "There is a diviner in the street and a garlic hanger. The divination is divination, and the garlic is sold. The diviner is called the one who hangs garlic, and the one who hangs garlic is called the one who buys garlic. Those who calculate divination don't buy garlic that hangs garlic, and those who hang garlic don't count as divination. " Listening to these two tongue twisters will certainly make people feel interesting. ‘