The word "double happiness" is a specific symbol of the wedding. Whether you marry a daughter-in-law or have a daughter, you are indispensable. It has placed the new people's good wishes for the future life, and looks forward to the new people's beauty, comparable to Qi Fei.
The structure of double happiness characters is ingenious, the two parallel happy characters are symmetrical and the skeleton structure is stable. For example, men and women stand side by side, which means yes men, love and eternal love. Therefore, whenever a happy event is held, the word "Xi" naturally becomes an important symbol.
In the later use process, folk craftsmen and artists created various colorful paper-cut double happiness characters, and even many classical furniture were carved with the word "Xi" as an auspicious pattern, symbolizing festivals and being human.
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The origin of double happiness:
According to legend, Wang Anshi went to Beijing to take the exam at the age of 20 and passed Majia Town. Ma's daughter outside the town showed great wisdom. When she got married, the first couplet was: "Run the lantern, run the lantern, stop the lantern." Wang Anshi thought hard for a long time, but finally failed to make a bottom line.
When he arrived in Bianjing, Wang Anshi successfully passed the three levels of poetry, fu and strategy. In the final interview, the examiner pointed to the flying tiger flag erected in front of the yamen, and made a bottom line: "Flying tiger flag, flying tiger flag, flag winding tiger hiding", and asked Wang Anshi to make a top line. Wang Anshi immediately thought of Miss Ma's semi-couplet and blurted it out, which amazed the examiner.
After the exam, Wang Anshi rushed to Ma's home day and night without waiting for the list to be published. Lanterns are still hanging at the entrance of the building. Wang Anshi was overjoyed and immediately met Mr. Ma and responded with the examiner's bottom line. Mr. Ma told Wang Anshi's second couplet to Miss Wang, and Miss Wang even praised it. So, Mr. Ma promised to betroth his daughter to Wang Anshi and get married on another day.
The day of worshipping heaven and earth coincides with the official message: "Wang Anshi, a scholar, wants to be the champion!" " This is real happiness! Wang Anshi, who was overjoyed, immediately wrote two conjoined "hi" characters on red paper and posted them on the door, and wrote a poem: "Clever couplets form a double happiness song, and the Flying Tigers are tied together." There was a gold medal in the bridal chamber, and little Deng Ke met big Deng Ke. "
Since then, whenever there is a wedding celebration, people like to stick red paper on doors, halls and bridal utensils.