Couplets, one of the traditional cultures in China, also called couplets or couplets, are antithetical sentences written on paper, cloth or engraved on bamboo, wood and columns. The antithesis of couplets is neat and even, which is a unique artistic form of Chinese language. Couplets are the treasures of China traditional culture.
Couplets, also known as antithesis, antithesis, spring stickers, Spring Festival couplets, couplets, Taofu and couplets (named after the pillars hanging in halls and houses in ancient times), are a kind of dual literature, which originated from Taofu. It is a antithetical sentence written on paper, cloth or engraved on bamboo, wood and columns. It is a unique art form of Chinese, concise and profound, neat and even, with the same number of words and the same structure.
example
One-character couplet
Ink (right) spring
This is the most classic couplet.
The upper part of the word' ink' is the word' black'; The upper part of the word "spring" is the word "white". Each one belongs to a color and has opposite meanings.
The lower half of the two words are' earth' and' water', both of which belong to one of the five elements.
There is another way to align this couplet:
Moby Cypress
Compared with black and white, earth and wood are all five elements.
Two-character couplet
Spring flowers (right) autumn moon
Han Fu (Dui) Chu Ci
Shushan in Xue Hai
Hong Yu (right) Yao Dan
Three-character couplets
Flowers (mirrors) in the underwater moon
Monkey Sun (right) Zu Chongzhi (or "Hu Shizhi")
Water curtain cave (right) Huaguoshan
Birds try to hide their bows.
Unicorn (right) flounder (double tail)
Four-character couplets
Green mountains are not old (right) and green waters often flow.
Beautiful scenery (right) outstanding people.
Southeast, northwest (right), spring, summer, autumn and winter
Spring returns to the earth (the world)
Dihua Yiying (opposite) Sun Yanzilian (the upper part of the compound word "Yiying" is a double sound, and the lower part of the compound word "Yan Yan" is a rhyme, so the couplet is also a pair of double sounds)