Chinese traditional culture is broad and profound for thousands of years, a variety of unique cultural inheritance in the world so that its country can only be prohibitive, couplet is one of the best, couplet culture is a dazzling North Star in China's traditional culture, in the world is also a Chinese synonym, called the Oriental Pearl is not too much, China's unique treasure. For thousands of years, there have been people in all dynasties and generations who loved couplets. Those literati with great talent took the couplet as the foundation of an annunciation, whether it was going out to play, or expressing nostalgia for wine, was the first choice, and the couplet was the name of the official career at that time, and even in the palace examination of the last item of the imperial examination, as the criterion for judging whether to admit it, from this point of view, the importance of the couplet culture. Both in high society and in the middle and lower classes of poor peasants are said to be ubiquitous.
The creation of couplets also requires certain skills and methods, not casual. There are some vulgar children who say that the couplet is very simple, such as "heaven" is opposite to "earth", and "spring flower" is opposite to "autumn moon". Yes, it's not wrong to say that, but does that really make you a good couplet? The answer is not necessarily, there is a way to write couplets, just limited to such a range, it is not possible to write a good couplet that people appreciate and worship. Ways and means are particularly important. Being rigid and repetitive will only backfire and disgusting people.
Let's put it this way, a couplet that a good person can accept is not only to get its shape, but also to understand its meaning. Only pay attention to the superficial form of the rigid set, written can not be called couplet. Although it is important to rhyme with the work of the battle, it cannot express its intrinsic meaning, so what is the use? As we all know, couplets have only a few words, but they can express great emotional sustenance, which is for a certain reason. Why is it that the couplets written by the great writers can be admired and studied by thousands of people, while the ordinary people can only write as laughter? For example, the couplet written by the great writer, the upper link is about the scenery, and the lower link is transferred to the characters, is there something happening in the middle, the connection between the beginning and the end, seemingly disorderly, but people are trapped in it and cannot extricate themselves. This is called mood. This is the soul. Of course, the average person does not have such a level, and blind imitation will only be counterproductive.
For thousands of years, there have been many responsible and interesting pleasures about couplets. The Northern Song Dynasty period of that year can be described as the most glorious period of Chinese culture in the past thousand years, and each one of them was a great literary hero who could determine a dynasty, such as "Sima Guang", "Ouyang Xiu", "Su Dongpo", "Wang Anshi" and so on. They all loved couplets and wrote many popular poems. There is such an interesting thing. Su Dongpo and a monk with the dharma name "Buddha Seal", the two of them laughed at each other with couplets. Although it is a casual work between laughter and laughter, it is mostly included in the classics. Until the Ming Dynasty, the couplet culture rose to every household, and every household, whether poor or rich, had to post couplets at the gate during the New Year, and later this custom was passed down to modern times with the change of dynasties. At that time, there was also a talented man who was famous for his couplet, "Xie Jin", known as the first in the world.
The story I want to tell today has a lot to do with couplets. This couplet is not from the mouth of ordinary people, but was written by the Ming Emperor "Zhu Di" and a minister "Yao Guangxiao". After Zhu Yuanzhang left that year, he handed over his beloved throne to his beloved grandson Zhu Yunjiao. However, Zhu Di was very unconvinced, knowing that he was Zhu Yuanzhang's son and why the throne was not his, so he wanted the cavalry to rebel and seize the throne with Zhu Yunjiao.
This is tantamount to a violation, a matter of renunciation by man and God, and a crime of killing the head. Success is naturally a lifetime of wealth, food and clothing, and power. But if it fails, the consequences are unimaginable. Zhu Di was stationed in Yanjing, that is, Beijing, and it was very cold in the winter, and in a cold winter, he patrolled outside, looking at the white expanse of everything, which led to a sentence of "the sky is cold and frozen, and the water is not ice at all."
This is a very good upper link, as soon as he finished speaking, the literati around him were talking about it, but no one could make a suitable lower link. Everyone racked their brains and couldn't come up with a reason. Just at this moment, a bald-headed monk, dressed in robes, came here and said a wonderful lower link, "The world is chaotic and the people are poor, and the king does not come out to be the master" Good! Zhu Di shouted, and Zhu Di's upper link "water" added a little to the "ice" monk's lower link "King" plus a little to become "Lord". It also happened to tell what Zhu Di had in mind. This monk was the Daoyan monk who later helped Zhu Di to the throne.
There was also a talented woman in the Ming Dynasty who found a Ruyi Langjun for herself in the way of joint recruitment. The two made love with each other, and finally tied the knot, and the eternal knot was in the same heart, which became a good story.
This is the charm of Chinese culture, but also the charm of couplets. Here I will also give you a link to give you a satisfactory answer. "When a person goes to the mountain, he becomes a fairy" Please give it right!