Couplets, also known as Spring Festival couplets, couplets and couplets, are said to have originated from Meng Chang, the master of Shu after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and are the treasures of China traditional culture. From the perspective of traditional couplets, the couplets in question are called antithesis, and the corresponding couplets are called antithesis.

Several basic elements of writing couplets;

1, the upper part and the lower part have the same number of words.

The upper part and the lower part should be connected up and down, which is called neatness.

3. The ending of the last sentence of the upper part is flat, and the ending of the last sentence of the lower part is flat, which is called flat.

4. The meanings of the upper part of speech and the lower part of speech should be similar or relative, and the positions should correspond, and they cannot be repeated. This is called duality.

Then how to write couplets, or how to distinguish between upper and lower couplets? This is because the couplets are required to be flat and even when writing, and the end of the couplets is required to be flat and even, that is, the upper sound (the third sound) and the lower sound (the fourth sound); The suffix of the bottom couplet is flat, that is, flat (the first sound) and flat (the second sound), otherwise it is not catchy. So the last word of the first couplet is Xu, the last word of the second couplet is Ping, and the even word method is for cadence.

However, from the perspective of stepping into modern culture, more and more people are no longer confined to some details of couplets, but also abandon some cumbersome rules and regulations. More people pay more attention to the artistic conception and charm of couplets, and don't care much about the even characters between the upper and lower couplets. Many people don't care about or understand what hyphens are, which makes traditional couplets have the flavor of modern couplets reform. And as long as the initials and finals are not in the same tone, there will always be a little cadence, so the metropolis will have some charm.

With the change of culture and the progress of the times, the pressure of couplets is not as traditional and exquisite as before. As long as the words are neat, the meanings are similar, the numbers are the same, there is no difference between the upper and lower words, the tones of the first and second words between the upper and lower couplets are different, the rhyme is smooth, and the whole couplet is artistic, it is a relatively harmonious couplet.