How to distinguish Spring Festival couplets from bottom couplets?

On the left, "Full House, Happy and Peaceful" is posted, and on the right, "Happy family, welcome all blessings" is posted.

Because: be straightforward and have a harmonious tone. "An" is a flat sound, and "Fu" is a flat sound. The traditional habit is to "pucker up and fall flat", that is, the end of the last sentence of the first couplet is puckered up and the end of the last sentence of the second couplet is flat. Generally, couplets are written vertically, with the last word (tone) of the first couplet posted on the right (hand) and the last word (tone) of the second couplet posted on the left (hand).

Literally, "greeting all hail" is an act, and "celebrating peace" is the result. In order, "Welcome to Wanfu" comes first, and "Celebrate Peace" comes last.

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The origin of Spring Festival couplets

Spring Festival couplets are a unique literary form, which originated from the ancient peach symbol. Also called door couplets, couplets, couplets, etc. They use neat, dual, concise and exquisite words to describe the background of the times and express good wishes, which is a long-standing national custom and culture in China.

The history of Fu Tao's evolution into Spring Festival couplets can be traced back to the Five Dynasties. In Song Dynasty, it was quite common to write couplets on mahogany boards, which was still called "Fu Tao". For example, in Wang Anshi's poem, "Thousands of families always exchange new peaches for old ones" reflects the grand occasion of hanging peach symbols on New Year's Eve.

In the Ming Dynasty, the folk custom of pasting Spring Festival couplets began to prevail. According to historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, used administrative orders to promote Spring Festival couplets among the people, and writing Spring Festival couplets became a temporary social fashion. In the Qing Dynasty, the ideological and artistic quality of Spring Festival couplets was greatly improved, and Spring Festival couplets began to become a literary and artistic form.

Why do you want to post Spring Festival couplets?

As the saying goes, "A year's plan lies in spring." No matter what happened in the past year, people always hope that the next year will be better. Therefore, when the Spring Festival is coming, posting Spring Festival couplets is just a good choice to achieve this goal.

How to distinguish between up and down links

First, use leveling method to distinguish.

Look at the last word of the couplet. The last word of the first couplet is three tones and four tones (even tones), and the last word of the second couplet is one tone and two tones (flat tones).

Second, use the method of meaning distinction.

Each couplet has its own specific meaning. When writing couplets, it is generally considered to be the bottom couplet with profound meaning, and the value of the top couplet is more of a guiding role. The upper and lower links are basically causal, because it is the upper link and the fruit is the lower link.

Third, use time relationship to distinguish.

It used to be the first couplet, and then the second couplet. This is generally reflected in the Spring Festival couplets during the Spring Festival. Commonly used are the zodiac and the old year/new year.

Fourth, distinguish by the magnitude of the amplitude.

In general, the small scope is the upper part and the large scope is the lower part, such as the common words "home country".

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Baidu encyclopedia-couplets

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