In this rapidly changing era, people's life is getting faster and faster, and fragmented information is flooding our lives, making us overwhelmed. However, there is an ancient cultural heritage that spans thousands of years and has gone through vicissitudes and is still full of vitality, and that is the couplet.
Couplet, also known as couplet, is a unique literary form in China, which originated from Taofu, developed in the Tang and Song dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is known for its neatness, rhythm and far-reaching meaning, and is known as "the rest of poetry" and "the essence of literature". Today, what I'm going to tell you is a legendary story about couplets.
The story takes place in a bustling metropolis where there are many high-rise buildings and busy traffic. In the center of the city, there is an old courtyard, and in the courtyard lives an old gentleman named Lin Yi. Lin Yi was a famous master of couplets when he was young, but with the development of the times, couplets were gradually marginalized, and Lin Yi gradually faded out of people's sight.
However, Lin Yi did not give up his love for couplets. Every day, he would set a table of tea in the courtyard and invite passers-by to rest and talk about couplets with them. Lin Yi's couplet talent is amazing, and many people come to admire it, hoping to compete with Lin Yi.
On this day, a young man broke into Lin Yi's courtyard. His name is Li Hao, and he is a young Internet celebrity who is famous on the Internet because he is good at writing jokes. Li Hao didn't know anything about couplets, but he had the courage of a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers. He challenged Lin Yi and asked Lin Yi to come up with an uplink, and he came to the downlink.
Lin Yi looked at this confident young man, and smiled and made a couplet: "The two of them are husbands when they make do." When Li Hao heard this, he was dumbfounded. This uplink seems simple, but in fact it hides a mystery. The two make do with each other, which can be understood as two people together, or as two people's respective half. The word "husband" can refer to both husband and husband. This Shanglian means that when two people are together, they can become a family; And half of each of the two people can also become a virtuous gentleman. Such a link is neat and neat, with far-reaching implications, which is admirable.
Li Hao racked his brains, but he was never able to come up with a suitable link. He left Lin Yi's courtyard in frustration, and vowed to find someone who could match this lower link. So, he launched a challenge on the Internet, offering a large bounty to find someone who could match the next link.
This challenge quickly attracted the attention of netizens, and everyone tried to make the next link. However, this seemingly simple uplink has left countless people helpless. Some people said "three people walking together is the public", and some people said "one person's wish is a dream", but these lower links cannot match the upper ones, which is a pity.
Just when everyone is at a loss, a mysterious hacker suddenly appears on the network. He claimed that he could match this link, but on the condition that Li Hao had to go to him in person. In order to find someone who can make the next link, Li Hao did not hesitate to agree to the hacker's conditions.
And so an adventure about couplets begins. After a lot of hardships, Li Hao finally found the mysterious hacker. It turned out that the hacker turned out to be a master of couplets who had lived in seclusion for many years, and he chose to live in seclusion because of his disappointment with modern society. The hacker was moved by Li Hao's sincerity and decided to help him find someone who could match the next link.
Under the guidance of hackers, Li Hao came to a remote mountain village. The people here live a simple life, but they have a very high level of proficiency in couplets. Here Li Hao met an old man named Wang Ming, who was a master of folk couplets. Wang Ming told Li Hao that if you want to match this couplet, you must have an in-depth understanding of the connotation of the couplet and comprehend the charm of it.
Under Wang Ming's guidance, Li Hao began to learn couplets. He gradually grasped the charm of couplets and found inspiration to create couplets. Finally, on a sunny afternoon, Li Hao finally came up with this couplet: "Single-mindedness is sincerity."
When Li Hao brought this lower link back to the city and presented it in front of Lin Yi, Lin Yi couldn't help but admire: "The person who can match this lower link is definitely not an ordinary person!" And this couplet has also become a turning point in Li Hao's life, making him from an Internet celebrity to a real couplet master.