The rich man changed the couplets to express his mother's 6th birthday.

couplets are a unique culture in China. People always invite people to write couplets on holidays, weddings and funerals. As we all know, the earliest couplet in China is "Qing Yu in the New Year, Changchun in the Jiajie Festival" drafted by Meng Chang, the last emperor of Houshu, which expresses the good wishes and vision for the New Year. So today, many people will put such a couplet on the door during the New Year.

Of course, with the prosperity of the Song Dynasty, couplets rose and developed all over the country, and more and more couplets were born. Among them, there is a very classic traditional Spring Festival couplets, which I think everyone often sees, that is, "the days increase and people live longer, and the spring is full of kunfu." The meaning is also very clear: the new year has come, nature has increased by one year, and life expectancy in the world has also increased; Heaven and earth are full of spring, and thousands of families are also full of blessings. Obviously, this couplet means wishing people happiness and longevity in the New Year.

It is said that there was a rich man in the Ming Dynasty, who knew a little about writing and ink, but he liked to be arty, and he always liked to recite poems. This year coincided with his mother's sixtieth birthday. In order to celebrate her birthday, he wanted to have a big banquet and celebrate it. So, he began to get up and decorate. In ancient times, special attention was paid to the gate, which was a symbol of identity. So he wanted to put a pair of red couplets on the gate. But this man has a problem, that is, he regards money as his life, and he is reluctant to spend more money to invite people to write couplets. What about the common couplets? They lack originality, but they are not good enough to write by themselves.

he was very upset for a while. So he just looked at the couplets there. I haven't turned a few pages yet, and I saw that "the days have increased and people have increased their lives, and the spring is full of kunfu." So, his inspiration came, thinking: to celebrate his mother's birthday, why not change the word to be more like a birthday couplet? So, he called the housekeeper and asked the housekeeper to change the couplet to "increasing the years and increasing the life of the mother." The rich man stood by and watched, and the more he watched, the more proud he became, and he felt that this joint reform was good. That is, using the famous couplets, but also cleverly expressed the intention of birthday.

the upper part has been changed, so the lower part has to be changed. Otherwise, we won't fight. So, he called the housekeeper again and changed the bottom couplet to "Spring is full of dry kunda's father." When the housekeeper heard this, she couldn't help laughing, but finally stopped. She was surprised and asked, Boss, can this change be done?

The rich man looked unhappy and said solemnly, You don't know shit. Isn't it neat that the word "dad" can match the word "mom"? As a result, the housekeeper did not dare to argue again, and this couplet was hung at the gate openly, which became a joke.