How to write elegiac couplet?

The elegiac couplet can be written on long white paper or on long white cloth (silk). In some places, the old-fashioned quilt cover and quilt cover are directly used as elegiac couplets.

1, elegiac couplet is a special couplet for collective or individual mourning for the dead, funeral service and sacrifice. Generally, it is divided into upper and lower couplets, which show the life, merits and virtues of the deceased and the influence of his death on future generations.

2. The upper and lower couplets emphasize antithesis and levelness, with relatively complementary meanings, dual sentence patterns and equal words. The font for writing elegiac couplets can be block letters, running script, running script, official script, seal script and so on. , but it is better for most people to recognize it. The elegiac couplet can be written on a long piece of white cloth (silk) or a long piece of white paper. It can be pasted on both sides of memorial hall, wreaths, doorways and urns.

There are two ribbons on the wreath and monument, the upper part is on the right and the lower part is on the left. The first half is often called "mourning for XXX", "mourning for XXX" or "eternal XXX"; The second couplet often uses "XXX to worship the arm", "XXX to cry the arm" and "XXX to worship the arm".

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Writing elegiac couplets should not only be sincere, but also pay attention to the writing characteristics of elegiac couplets.

1, the era of elegiac couplet. The elegiac couplet is a carrier that reflects social life and expresses people's thoughts and feelings. Therefore, with the changes of the times, the contents of the elegiac couplet will also change accordingly, such as the silence of the string columns in precious colors and the empty moon mirror in Yaotai. In the old days, it was an elegy for husbands to mourn their wives, but it is a bit old-fashioned to use it in modern times.

2. The pertinence of elegiac couplet. Being an elegiac couplet has a strong pertinence, which should conform to the status, identity, sentiment and achievements of the deceased, and even the thoughts and feelings here and now should conform to things and occasions. The elegiac couplet cannot be interchanged and universal, which should be the writing soul of elegiac couplet.

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