In the 5,000 years of China, countless brilliant traditional cultures have been bred in the thick history of the precipitation of the years, which not only shine on the stage of historyCouplets are one of the treasures of traditional culture, which is a kind of dual literature that originated from the peach symbol. When the ancients said goodbye to the old and welcomed the new, they would use a peach board (later into paper) to write the names of the two gods, Shen Tu and Yu Lei, which are also the door gods, which have often appeared as early as the Yanhuang period.
Sticking them on the door will have the effect of driving away ghosts and evil spirits, the one on the left is the god, and the one on the right is Yu Lei. This is the earliest peach symbol, and later people wrote dual sentences on items such as paper, which were concise and concise, neat and neat, evenly coordinated, with the same number of words and the same structure. Historical couplets first appeared in the Three Kingdoms period, and an iron cross was unearthed during the Hongwu period, with Sun Quan's year name written on it.
And engraved with a beautiful couplet, clouds:"The four seas are Qing'anlan, and the iron pillar treasure light is left in the cross;All the people cherish Daze, and the golden furnace is fragrant. "The earliest Spring Festival couplets are said to have originated from Meng Chang, the lord of Shu after five generations, and he once wrote an inscription on the peach charm on the door panel of the bedroom:New Year's Day, Jiajie Changchun. It is called the inscription peach symbol, which should be the first Spring Festival couplet in China, and the earliest couplet. However, the author's statement is actually different, and some believe that it was made by Meng Chang's son, but no matter who it is, it has great significance.
This kind of dual sentence only exists in Chinese characters, it is born because of the characteristics of Chinese characters, and in the subsequent development, it has absorbed the characteristics of ancient style poems, prose, lyrics and songs, etc., and it is very rhythmic to read. To say that the Chinese play in words can really be said to be unmatched, couplets can also play a lot of tricks, likeThe sea is facing the sea, the sky is falling, the clouds are long, long, long。Take out this pair, not to mention foreigners learning Chinese, the Chinese themselves will be dumbfounded at first glance.
This is actually very ingenious, after all, a Chinese character may not only have a different sound, but also a word may have different sounds and different meanings. And when it comes to the laziest and most wonderful couplet, it has to be this oneGood reading is not good (right) Good reading is not good readingThat's right, its upper and lower links are word-for-word. Let's talk about the author of this first, a person from the middle of the Ming DynastyXu Wei, he is an unusual character.
can not only engage in opera but also military, as well as calligraphy, painting and literature, and Yang Shen and Xie Jin are known as the three talents of the Ming Dynasty. Even if he does so much, he is still good at everything, and he can give advice to Hu Zongxian in the military and teach famous generals like Li Rusong and Li Rubai. Calligraphy and painting are the founders of the Splash Ink Freehand School and the originator of the Qingteng School。Needless to say, his literary skills are not good at reading, and this couplet was used by him to persuade his son to study hard.
The pronunciation is as follows:"hǎo reading not hào reading", hào reading not hǎo reading。With pronunciation, the meaning is easy to understand, saying that teenagers are a good time to read, but how many people can calm down and read at that time?Later, when I regretted it, it was over when I wanted to read, and I had already missed the best time to read. I have to say that Chinese characters are really broad and profound, and the same words, just a few words, contain extraordinary meaning.
Although this passage was used by Xu Wei to persuade his son, it is also thought-provoking in modern times。Of course, such a coincidence has also been passed down to the present, but such an eternal name can be surpassed by few people. Interestingly, there was a poet named Qian Fu in the Ming Dynasty who wrote a poem with a similar meaning, and that is"Song of Tomorrow", tomorrow after tomorrow, how many tomorrowsIt's also wonderful.