Most of the Spring Festival couplets have seven characters, and the four-character ones are usually for the door. The purpose of the Spring Festival couplets is to write down our best wishes for the coming year, so no matter how many words there are, just pay attention to the following points and match them With the words of good wishes, you can pray for the coming year.
The characters for the upper tone, the lower tone, and the lower tone are the upper couplet, and the flat tone is the second couplet. However, exceptions are not excluded. Countless poets have preserved it through the ages. There are many good sentences, and the Spring Festival couplets have been around for two thousand years since the Qin and Han Dynasties.
2. The number of words in the upper and lower couplets of the Spring Festival couplets should be equal:
No matter how many words there are in the couplet, The number of words must be equal, and the parts of speech of the upper and lower lines should be consistent as much as possible, such as wealth versus peace, etc.
3. The structure must be neat
If the upper line has a structure, then the lower line It should also be written according to the structure of the upper couplet, for example: always endure humiliation; everything can be done as it happens, similar to this couplet, maintaining the same structure
4. The level and obliqueness of the upper and lower couplets should be coordinated
This relationship between oblique and oblique is the key to couplets. A good couplet is based on the relationship between oblique and oblique, making it read with harmonious rhythm, catchy, ups and downs, and a sonorous and powerful ending. A good couplet is completed.
5. Start well and end well. When making a good couplet, you need to pay attention not to waste pen and ink.
Most of the couplets are very short, but we also want to express our best wishes, so You need to pay attention to using the fewest words to express the best wishes, do not repeat the meaning of words, and avoid having the same meaning in the first and second lines
6. Posting couplets is also a science
The upper couplet should be posted on the right hand side (i.e., the left side of the door), and the second couplet should be affixed on the left hand side (i.e., the right side of the door). The horizontal line is also read from right to left. Generally speaking, if the suffix is ??three or four tones (oblique tone) is the first couplet, if the last word is the first tone, and the second tone (flat tone) is the second couplet. But there are also couplets where the last word of the first couplet is in flat tone and the last word of the second couplet is in oblique tone. Don’t think that all the couplets that end in oblique tone are the first couplets.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon. If you can write a couplet by yourself and hang it at the door, it will have a unique flavor. You will also have a high sense of accomplishment after reading it.
Which Spring Couplets have the most auspicious words? In fact, the content of the couplets mainly depends on whether the meaning is healthy, auspicious, smooth and harmonious. As for the number of words, there shouldn’t be any need to worry about it! Generally speaking, the 7-character couplet is the most popular. The rhythm is also ups and downs, rhythmic and catchy. Secondly, five-character couplets are more popular. Of course, 4-character couplets, 6-character couplets, 8-character couplets, 9-character couplets, or even 10 or more are all useful. It is better to choose reasonably according to the needs.
I used to write Spring Festival couplets for others during the Spring Festival, but some elderly people like couplets with a single word count. They have a custom that has been handed down: 4-6 do not go on the wall, it must be an odd number. I couldn't say anything because I was young? After all, it is a matter of joy for the New Year. You can use as many words as you like... When I mentioned this later, I said: Since it is a traditional custom passed down, why are there so many 2-4-6-8- passed down from ancient times in China? Even-numbered couplets in Chinese language? And many of them are famous couplets? If there was a taboo, there wouldn’t be so many even-numbered couplets circulating from ancient times to the present. Later I thought it might be because the customs and habits of different regions are different?
In fact, if you think about it carefully: most of the couplets are presented in the rhythm of verse. Because ancient China was influenced by the 5-character and 7-character rhyme poems, the rhymes were rhythmic, concise, bright, sonorous and powerful, so the couplets also inherited the rhythmic characteristics of the rhyme poems. So it is inevitable that the older generation likes 5-syllable couplets and 7-syllable couplets! Is this why older people like limericks?
Peace and happiness...
When it comes to Spring Festival couplets, I have a lot of experience, because since I was a child, my father has personally written all the Spring Festival couplets in my family. When I was very young, my father was a teacher in the village. As a cultural person of that generation, he often read books. At that time, there were not many printed couplets, and the couplets posted during the New Year had to be written by oneself. Every New Year, many people in my family would ask my dad to help write couplets. It's just that help is help, no money is collected, and sometimes you have to pay for it.
Generally, the Spring Festival couplets have 5 or 7 characters, with 7 characters being the most common. The ones posted on the door usually have five characters. Because the Spring Festival couplets on the gate are relatively wide, the length is also limited, and the size of the characters is limited by the size of the paper. In this way, five characters are more suitable. Whenever the Spring Festival approaches, my house will be filled with Spring Festival couplets. The Spring Festival couplets cannot be exposed to the sun and can only be dried indoors.
Others, such as the two rural houses in the north, have door gods posted on them. Here, the door gods are also couplets, usually with five characters in a rectangle. The couplets are divided into two lines, and the left and right doors are symmetrical. , one upper link and one lower link. There is also a couplet on the door frame, which is long and has seven characters. Like the stove, it also needs to be posted. God says good things and the earth brings good luck. This was what the Kitchen God sent him to see him off after eating the sugar melon.
Perhaps each region has different customs. Most Spring Festival couplets have seven or five characters. The number of characters is determined according to the length and paper size. Nowadays, few people write Spring Festival couplets
Hello, thank you Wukong for the invitation.
First of all, Spring Festival couplets are our traditional custom of praying for blessings and good luck.
Generally composed of words or allusions containing joy, auspiciousness, etc., an excellent Spring Festival couplet not only conforms to the basic rules of couplets, such as antithesis, equality, etc., but can also clearly express the owner's optimistic and beautiful expectations for the future. Traditionally, it is best to keep the meaning of blessing implicit but not explicit, that is, it is not flattering, but easy to understand and enjoy.
It is generally believed that the earliest Spring Festival couplets were written by Meng Chang of the Later Shu Dynasty, "New Year's Day Na Yuqing, Festival Number Changchun", which is a five-character couplet. Later, it gradually evolved, and seven-character couplets became more common. Later, couplets with more characters became available. But most of the characters have odd numbers. The specific reason is unknown. I personally think it has a lot to do with metrical poetry, which may be in line with the chanting habits of the ancients.
This partially answers the original poster’s question: It is inappropriate to use the number of words to judge whether a Spring Festival couplet is auspicious, or whether a couplet with more words is more auspicious.
I hope you will discuss the above, thank you.
Spring couplets are a traditional New Year custom in my country. They are originally used to seek good luck, celebrate and celebrate the New Year.
Therefore, no matter how many characters there are in the Spring Festival couplets, they are very auspicious. It depends on the height of the place where you paste the couplets. Generally speaking, most wooden houses in rural areas are not very high. You can paste Spring Festival couplets with four, five, six, seven or eight characters. Brick and tile bungalows are of medium height, and those with six characters are suitable. Spring couplets with seven or eight or nine characters are acceptable. Shops facing the street can post couplets with ninety or eleven or two characters. It is more appropriate to post couplets with more characters in units and hotels:
Four-character couplets It means getting rich in all seasons:
The five-character Spring Couplet means five blessings coming to the door:
The six-character Spring Couplet symbolizes the fortune of the six and six seasons:
The seven-character auspicious star shines high
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The eight-character sign means wealth coming from all directions:
The nine-character sign means long-lasting:
The cross couplet represents perfection:
The eleven-character couplet contains The twelve-character couplets mean smooth sailing
Twelve-character couplets mean peace every month:
Look at each word as auspicious, and everything goes well. Why don’t you care about a few words in the couplets? ?
There is nothing auspicious or unlucky, the Spring Festival couplets are all good words, no matter how many words they say, they are all auspicious words. If the writing is unlucky, no one will probably post it, and the person who wrote it may be punished. beat