Since ancient times, the Spring Festival has been a good story and a legacy in the hearts of Chinese children. It is not only a simple festival, but also the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients, and the yearning and expectation for a better life. At this moment, the ancients used poems to paint and ink to send affection, and integrated the New Year's wishes and nostalgia for the past into the Spring Festival couplets. Every stroke and stroke seems to tell the profound meaning of the Spring Festival of the ancients: saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, praying for blessings and auspiciousness, reunion and harmony, and endless life.
Yuan Ri(Song Wang Anshi).
In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu.
Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one.
Interpretation] This poem depicts the festive scene of the sound of firecrackers and the replacement of new peach charms in every household during the Spring Festival, implying the arrival of the new year and the passing of the old year.
Remove snow at night(Song Lu You).
The north wind blows the snow at the beginning of the fourth watch, and Jia Rui Tianjiao and the year is removed.
Half of Tu Su was still raised, and the grass in front of the lamp wrote a peach charm.
Interpretation] Lu You described the scene of heavy snow on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the scene when he began to write new peach charms before he had drunk Tusu wine, showing the elegance of the literati New Year.
Keep the year(Don Lee Shimin).
Twilight view oblique palace, gorgeous Qi Palace.
The cold leaves the winter snow, and the warmth brings in the spring breeze.
Step-rich Shumeisu, coiled flower roll candle red.
Celebrate the new year and welcome and send off all night.
Interpretation] As the emperor, Li Shimin depicted the gorgeous scene of the New Year in the court in the poem, as well as the joy of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.
New Year's Eve(Don Laihu).
It's about solidarity has become empty, and thousands of miles of lovesickness overnight.
After the sound of the rooster is gone, it will be haggard and see the spring breeze.
Interpretation] This poem expresses the author's longing for distant relatives on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, as well as the emotion of time and emaciated self-pity.
Yuan Ri Yulou Spring(Song Mao).
A year drips out of the lotus drain, Bijing Tusu freezes wine.
Xiaohan is still deceiving, and the spring is slender and comes to the willow first.
The beauty re-advises thousands of longevity, cypress leaves and pepper flowers are fragrant and cui sleeves.
I don't know each other well in the depths of the drunken country, and I only have the same old relationship with Dongjun.
Interpretation] In this poem, Mao Peng delicately depicts the natural scenery of the Spring Festival and the scenes of people celebrating the festival, especially the sentence "Little acquaintance in the depths of the drunken country", which expresses the poet's feelings of transcendence.
New Year's greetings(Ming, Wen Zhengming).
Don't ask for a meeting, but an encyclus, and the famous paper is full of books.
I also threw a few papers with others, and the world is not too simple.
Interpretation] Wen Zhengming described the custom of people greeting each other and sending famous posts during the Spring Festival with humorous and witty strokes, and at the same time satirized this formalistic human condition.
It has been renewed(Ming Ye Hao).
The wind and frost of heaven and earth are exhausted, and the weather is harmonious.
New years are added, and spring is full of old mountains and rivers.
The plum willow is fragrant, and the pine fence is old.
Tu Sucheng was drunk and laughed at Baiyunwo.
Interpretation] In this poem, Ye Hao depicts a warm atmosphere between heaven and earth in the Spring Festival, as well as the joyful scene of people drunk and laughing at the festival.
Fengcheng New Year's Message(Clear, check and be cautious).
Skillfully cut flags to try Silla, and paint gold to make moths.
Since then, the scissors have been idle for a month, and the needlework in the boudoir has been many years ago.
Interpretation] In this poem, Cha Shenxing depicts the scene of women rushing to make new clothes and busy sewing and threading, showing the folk life customs on the eve of the Spring Festival.
Proud snow welcomes spring(Ming Dynasty Yu Qian).
Shanglian: The green willow sends the winter away with smoke.
Downlink: Red plum and snow welcome spring.
Horizontal batch: Spring returns to the earth.
Interpretation] This couplet uses wicker and red plum as a medium, the upper couplet depicts the end of winter, and the lower couplet heralds the arrival of spring. The horizontal batch "Spring Returns to the Earth" summarizes the theme of the whole couplet.
Welcome spring(Qing Ye Xie).
The rhythm is the same, and the shoulder rubbing hub is harmonious.
There is no need to go to the eastern suburbs, spring is in thousands of households.
Interpretation] In this poem, Ye Xie depicts the lively scene of people rubbing shoulders and beaming with joy during the Spring Festival, and at the same time points out that spring has come to thousands of households.
After thousands of years, the customs of the Spring Festival may have changed, but the pursuit and yearning for a better life have always been the same. The ancients celebrated the Spring Festival, not only to celebrate the arrival of the new year, but also to inherit the love of life and the vision for the future. Each Spring Festival couplet is like a small story, telling the wisdom and emotions of the ancients. They are like ancient songs, passing through the tunnel of time and space, passing on the profound cultural heritage and good wishes to every Chinese son. Let us continue to inherit this beauty in the new year and write a wonderful chapter that belongs to us.
Spring Festival couplets selection