The origin of couplets
? (1) couplets, also known as antithesis, antithesis, spring stickers, Spring Festival couplets, couplets, etc. 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. Couplets are the treasures of China traditional culture.
? (2) Another source is Spring Festival stickers. The ancients posted the word "Yichun" more and more at the beginning of spring, and then it gradually developed into Spring Festival couplets, expressing the good wishes of the working people in China to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters and welcome good luck. Couplets are antithetical sentences written on paper, cloth or engraved on bamboo, wood and columns.
The function of two couplets
(1) Duality plays the role of educational enlightenment. In feudal times, enlightenment education paid great attention to antithesis and duality. For example, the general enlightenment textbooks Xun Meng Pian and Li Weng Dui Yun are written in antithesis. In private school education, antithesis was a basic compulsory course at that time to exercise thinking and increase knowledge.
(2) Clever duality is the embodiment of positive duality in folk communication. As an important source and branch of couplets, its popularization, development and accumulation will certainly promote the development and emergence of couplets. In social communication, antithesis is often used as a game and entertainment means for literati and bureaucrats to get together, which not only plays a certain communicative role, but also exercises intelligence and improves self-cultivation.