Couplets are a traditional culture that we are familiar with. Since the Song Dynasty, people have written auspicious words on red paper to celebrate major festivals. Later, this form became known as a couplet.
In the Ming Dynasty, couplets were loved by many literati and inkmen, and began to become popular among the people and became a custom. Whether it is a wedding, a funeral, or a New Year's holiday, people will paste the corresponding couplets.
The Qing Dynasty was the heyday of couplets, and the status of couplets can be compared with Tang and Song poems. In the literary history of the Qing Dynasty, couplets occupy a very high position, from the Son of Heaven to the common people, all do not like pairs, pairs have become the most popular entertainment at that time.
Ji Xiaolan, a famous genius in the Qing Dynasty, was called "the first pair of kings in the world" by Qianlong. The couplet story about Ji Xiaolan has been widely circulated among the people, and it has also been interpreted in TV dramas.
One day, Ji Xiaolan entered the palace to meet Qianlong. At this time, a new eunuch stopped him and said, "Qianlong is sleeping, it is inconvenient to see you, you should wait outside the door." ”
Ji Xiaolan said: "On this hot day, how hot it is standing outside the door, you just let me go in and wait for the Long Live Lord to wake up!" The eunuch guarding the door didn't buy it, and said: "Ji Xiaolan, you are known as the 'first pair of kings in the world', I have a link here, if you can get out, I will let you in and wait." ”
Ji Xiaolan was interested for a while after hearing this, and she was very curious about what a eunuch could do. The eunuch's upper couplet is:
"The three-way solution on the list."
Ji Xiaolan immediately said:
"The four seasons of the world, summer, autumn and winter."
After the couplet, Ji Xiaolan laughed, and the eunuch also understood what Ji Xiaolan meant, and lowered his head in shame. In Ji Xiaolan's next couplet, there are only summer, autumn and winter in the four seasons, but there is no spring, implying that the eunuchs have no spring.
After listening to the couplet stories of the ancients, let's enjoy the interesting couplet stories of modern beauties who test their husbands on their wedding nights.
Li Yue is a single mother who has been dependent on her daughter since her divorce. As the years passed, the feeling of loneliness and loneliness grew, and deep down, she still longed for a warm home and a partner to rely on. In this way, under the introduction of a friend, Li Yue met Teacher Zhang, an ordinary but extraordinary middle school teacher.
Mr. Zhang's life trajectory is very different from ordinary people, he gave up the prosperity and comfort of the city when he was young, and chose to teach in a remote mountain village in Tibet, dedicating his most precious youth to the children there. This selflessness and dedication made Li Yue look at him with admiration, from the initial doubts to the later appreciation, her heart was gradually moved by Mr. Zhang's deep love and sense of responsibility.
The love story of the two soon blossomed, and after half a year of acquaintance and love, they decided to enter the palace of marriage. The wedding was simple and grand, and Mr. Zhang was so tall and noble in Li Yue's eyes, he not only won her heart, but also won the love of Li Yue's daughter.
On the wedding night, Li Yue wanted to test and enhance the emotional communication with her husband in a special way. She had a couplet story she heard when she was a child, and she came up with a plan to give a couplet to Teacher Zhang. The uplink is:
"Six-six-thirty-six, I want to eat meat every day"
This couplet is both lively and playful, seemingly simple, but in fact it has a deep meaning. 6636 refers to 365 days a year, wanting to eat meat every day, which not only expresses the yearning for a better life, but also implies the affectionate expectation of her husband.
Teacher Zhang was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then a smile appeared in his eyes, looked at Li Yue affectionately, and gently said the following couplet:
"Five-five-twenty-five, I think you're so hard."
This sentence not only skillfully neatly confronts the battle, but also expresses his deep longing and love for Li Yue. Five-five-twenty-five, which is also another expression of three hundred and sixty-five days a year, thinking about you is so hard, is an affectionate confession to Li Yue, expressing his longing and love for Li Yue.
When Li Yue heard such a couplet, the joy in her heart overflowed, her face bloomed with a long-lost brilliance, and her eyes even burst into tears, and she shyly threw herself into her husband's arms. On this special night, the couplet became a testimony of their love.