Jining Urban Management came to clean up couplets on the third day of the Lunar New Year

Jining Urban Management came to clean up couplets on the third day of the Lunar New Year: 2017-02-04

A few days ago, Jining City, Shandong Province’s urban management carried out rectification activities on couplets and the word "福" on both sides of the streets in the jurisdiction, causing The people during the festival are incomprehensible. Some netizens questioned that the custom of posting couplets, which has lasted for thousands of years, was violently stopped by the urban management. Is it because the urban management has too much control?

On January 31, a piece of news about "The Sixth Brigade of Jining City Management Law Enforcement Detachment in Shandong Province carried out an activity to rectify the couplets with the word "Fu" sparked discussion on the Internet.

The source said that “posting couplets brings great safety hazards and visual pollution.” The urban management brigade “while respecting traditional festivals, has started to post couplets on doors in the jurisdiction starting from the third day of the first lunar month. During the special rectification activity, more than 450 places such as couplets, door stickers, and blessing characters were cleaned up.”

The news also said, “This rectification activity has greatly maintained a civilized, clean, and fresh urban environment. "It has received the understanding and support of the vast majority of merchants."

In response, netizen Guo Guanhua wrote that the urban management's behavior of "tearing up the couplets" is incredible. How can couplets be compared with street advertisements and street graffiti?

The folk custom of posting couplets during the New Year expresses people’s good wishes to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and to welcome good fortune and bring good fortune. Whether in urban or rural areas, in order to increase the festive atmosphere, every household must select a red couplet and paste it on the door. After pasting, generally do not tear it off and let it fall off naturally.

Today's urban construction will not wait until the couplets with the characters "Fu" slowly fade and get damaged and be cleaned up next year, but at least we should respect traditional folk customs and not forcibly remove the "blessings" of the people. Even if it is torn off, it will only be torn off after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month or after the first lunar month.

From the perspective of folk taboos, it is unlucky and disrespectful for people to tear off the couplets with the word "Fu" on new posts.

Guo Guanhua said that mechanically formulating and implementing policies that are inconsistent with customs and public opinion will only arouse resentment among citizens. A tradition that has lasted for thousands of years has been violently stopped. Such behavior has brought about alienation and harm. For the sake of the political achievements of "creating a civilized unit", policies that are thought up on the head regardless of the actual situation, even if there are "laws to follow", will put the law enforcement officers into a ridiculous situation, unable to add face to the city, but instead beating themselves up face.

Some netizens said, "Aren't the practices of some functional departments a bit too ridiculous? How do the leaders of this department arrange their work? Only when you put people first and conform to public opinion will your work be in compliance with the people's wishes!"

“This may be because the urban management team completed the work during the holidays in advance in order not to affect the timetable for off-duty. With several times the salary during the holidays, it is quite cost-effective to complete the work that should be done after the holidays in advance. It violates Chinese cultural traditions and destroys people’s enthusiasm for celebrating festivals. This kind of work is really unacceptable!”

“When did it become illegal to post couplets?” The management is okay, but the couplets with the word "Fu" are also hindering the urban management. I just can't figure it out!" "In addition to beating the old man and old lady selling vegetables and tearing up the couplets, can you please do something new with the urban management brother? "

In addition, many netizens said that even if they support the city's health creation, they would not tear up the couplets and the word "Fu" in the third grade of junior high school. If it is such a health creation, what is the point of not considering people's livelihood?

The approach of the Sixth Urban Management Brigade of Jining City, Shandong Province is not the first of its kind. In 2012, some urban management officials did something like this and were criticized by the people and public opinion.

In 2012, urban management and law enforcement officers in Linwei District, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province started cleaning up Spring Festival couplets on the 11th day of the first lunar month. Chai Shuming, director of the Weinan Municipal Health Development Office, said that according to the national sanitary city standards, Spring Festival couplets are definitely graffiti and must be removed after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

New Year's Eve "Couplets"

It is a very traditional Chinese custom to post couplets during the New Year. Every Lunar New Year, thousands of households paste red couplets on both sides of their doors, with black characters on a red background, steady and bright, adding to the festive atmosphere of the festival and expressing people's respect for heaven and gods, praying for blessings and good luck, and their hopes for a better future. .

The couplets are simple and profound, with neat contrasts and harmonious tones. Combined with the unique Chinese calligraphy art, they show a simple, innocent, magnificent and elegant artistic quality.

Couplets are independent chapters composed of two neat couplets. The basic characteristics can be summarized as follows: the number of words is equal, and the oblique and oblique characters are relatively opposite; the parts of speech are similar and the syntax is similar; the semantics are related and the momentum is equivalent.

The couplets of the Qin Dynasty, also known as "Peach Talisman", were written on peach boards or painted with images of the two gods "Shen Tu" and "Yulei", and hung on the door to worship the gods. Pray for good luck, suppress evil and expel ghosts.

The Taofu couplet inscribed in a neat format by Meng Chang, the lord of the Later Shu Dynasty in the Five Dynasties, is the earliest couplet: "New Year's greetings for Yuqing, Jiaji Festival's name is Changchun". As time went by, people gradually replaced the peach boards with paper, and the content of the couplets became more abundant and diverse.

Connotation is the essence of couplets. Good couplets express things such as chanting things and expressing ambitions, promoting good and suppressing evil, etc. They reflect the author's thoughts, mind and character, and are deeply touching. The couplet contains only a dozen words, but it condenses a rich philosophy of life. A good couplet often makes people understand the philosophy and true meaning of life. It not only allows people to understand the meaning of the couplet, but also can benefit from the story of the couplet and understand good and evil, right and wrong, and choose the good and follow it. /p>