The Zhou family is on the couplet:Zhou Yu, Jay Chou, Stephen Chow
Looking for sunshine in the rain, the sky waits for the ground, and the mountains and rivers reflect the world. The grass and trees are luxuriant, the red cliffs are green, and the couplets have been passed down for thousands of years.
According to historical sources, the origins of Chinese couplets can be traced back to the Qin Dynasty, but at that time the couplets were not strictly neat literary forms, but were named after the legendary "Shen Cha" and "Yu Lei", which were regarded as great gods in ancient times.
They wrote their names on peach wood with pen and ink and hung them on the door to ward off evil spirits and avoid evil, a form similar to the practice of sticking to the door gods today.
From that moment on, the couplet was hailed as a peach charm and was widely circulated. This traditional custom lasted for thousands of years, and it was not until the Five Dynasties period that people began to replace the name of the demon slaying general on the peach charm with poetic language.
In ancient times, people would ask scholars to write Spring Festival couplets every New Year and hang them on the left and right sides of the bedroom. According to the record of "Song Shi Shu Family", in the last year of the ninth ** year of A.D., the bachelor Xing Yinxun wrote a pair of Spring Festival couplets, but Meng Chang thought that it was not neat enough, so he wrote a pair by himself, the content was "New Year's celebration, festival number Changchun".
In the Song Dynasty, the Spring Festival couplets began to flourish, and people generally hung Spring Festival couplets on the New Year, showing a joyful atmosphere. The poem "Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one" vividly depicts the scene at that time.
It turns out that the Spring Festival couplets are derived from the peach symbol, so they are also called "peach symbols". Since then, couplets have developed rapidly, reaching their peak during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
After understanding the development process of couplets, let's return to today's couplet topic - "storm". Everyone must be very familiar with the two sentences of "Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou Wu Zheng Wang", which reflects the great importance that China attaches to family names and family inheritance since ancient times.
In ancient times, family members with the same surname and bloodline had to live together, and the more prosperous the family, the more prosperous the family. When the Liu family published the couplet, they chose Liu Bang, Liu Bei, and Andy Lau as the couplet, although they were not in the same era and their life experiences were very different.
So why did they choose these three people from different eras? Let's start with Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao. Thinking of his Chu-Han dispute and the famous "Hongmen Banquet", it is full of emotion.
Liu Bang was good at using talents, recruiting talents, and reused talents such as Zhang Liang and Han Xin, greatly breaking the advantages of the Chu army, and finally ascended the throne as the emperor and established the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty was also the first period in China's history to defeat a strong foreign enemy (Xiongnu), and the cultural, political, and economic development was a period of rapid development.
Like Liu Bang, although Liu Bei lived in a different era, he was inextricably linked to him by blood. Liu Bei, like Liu Bang, was very good at using talents, and both became the founding emperors.
Just from Liu Bei's three condescensions and three visits to Zhuge Liang, we can see his desire and cherishment of talents. However, after Liu Bei's death, "Shu passed on from Liu Bei to the heir, and he has been Wei Yu for more than 40 years", this Adou, who couldn't support the wall, made Zhuge Liang heartbroken and tired.
Let's take another look at Andy Lau, although he may have less contact with the two founding emperors, after all, he lives in modern times and the years between the two emperors are also a bit long.
But with his own efforts and strength, Andy Lau has become a generation of superstars in the entertainment industry, and his position is stable and unshakable. Whether it is singing or acting, he is wholeheartedly committed to bringing the best works to the audience.
It can be said that Andy Lau not only represents the youth of a generation, but also the common memory of many generations.
So, the Liu family took "Liu Bang, Liu Bei, Andy Lau" as the upper link, and challenged everyone. Not to be outdone, other families have used their brains to give a link that can lead the **.
Among them, as soon as the Zhou family's lower link, "Zhou Bo, Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yunfa" appeared, it immediately attracted people's attention and became a dark horse among all the lower links.
Why is the Zhou family's downlink so praised? Who are the characters in this? For those who know a little bit about history, they may be more familiar with Zhou Bo. In the process of the Chu-Han dispute between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu and the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Zhou Bo, as a general under Liu Bang, was not only skilled in bows and horses, powerful in martial arts, but also made great achievements for Liu Bang to quell civil strife and expand the territory.
It can be said that although Liu Bang was the main promoter of the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Zhou Bo was undoubtedly one of the most important supporters.
Therefore, the contrast between Zhou Bo and Liu Bang, two historical figures who were in the same period and had close ties, is stark, and their similarities can be said to be very obvious.
Similarly, for Zhou Yu, we can always naturally think of the handsome and dashing and personable young man during the Three Kingdoms period, who had great ambitions and outstanding talent.
However, because Zhuge Liang's talent was so outstanding, that before Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain, people ignored Zhou Yu's talent, and some people even sighed for Zhou Yu "Both Yu and He Shengliang".
Although Zhou Yu and Liu Bei lived in the same period, they were not on the same camp and only cooperated when they fought Cao Cao together. And Zhou Bo and Zhou Yu are inextricably linked, so there is nothing wrong with juxtaposing them.
Similarly, Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau were both superstars in the entertainment industry in the 80s of the 20th century, and their acting skills and classic images were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and they were superstars and idols of that era.
The two superstars are of equal strength and have their own style. In the name of Chow Yun-fat, the Zhou family made a clever metaphor to Andy Lau of the Liu family, showing their wit and creativity.
Looking at the Liu family's "Liu Bang, Liu Bei, Andy Lau" and the Zhou family's "Zhou Bo, Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yunfa", it really makes people sigh at the unique charm of folk wisdom.