What should I pay attention to when writing couplets?

As a couplet, it should meet the following rules:

(1) The number of words in the upper and lower parts must be equal, and repeated words cannot be used.

(2) The last sentence of the first couplet must be written silently, and the last word of the next couplet must be flat.

(3) The sentence patterns of the upper and lower couplets must be consistent (equivalent parts of speech and corresponding structures).

(4) The horizontal lines of the upper and lower couplets should be relative. Where the upper couplet uses flat sound, the lower couplet must use flat sound, and vice versa (flat: flat sound; Cue, Cue, including words with three tones of up, down and middle).

(5) The upper and lower couplets can have similar or opposite meanings, and they can only say one thing, or they can say two things separately.

The antithesis between couplets and regular poems is related to inheritance and evolution, and the flat and even meter of regular poems and the principle of "whether 135246 is clear" are also applicable to couplets. As for the number of words in each couplet, there is no limit, ranging from four words, five words, six words, seven words, eight words and nine words to tens or hundreds of words, as long as you have something to say. Here are some examples to illustrate this point:

The motherland is strong; These people are new here.

(average, average. )

The motherland, mountains and rivers in the upper part and the people and years in the lower part are nouns, and the last word Zhuang in the upper part and Xin in the lower part are adjectives, which are relatively harmonious, and their contents and forms are consistent with the above five laws.

In short, writing couplets should rhyme harmoniously. The language is concise, consistent with the law and has certain content. Words are not relative, levels and levels are not harmonious, or slogan-style sentences are divided into two lines, which can't be regarded as couplets.

The above contents can be summarized as "four stresses", that is, "word equivalence, flat pronunciation, word opposition and syntactic symmetry". At the same time, the contents of the upper and lower couplets should be related, but they cannot be the same or repeated. The same antithesis is commonly known as "fighting", such as "Welcome Five Blessingg in the New Year, receive more than three in the Spring Festival", in which "New Year" and "Spring Festival", "Welcome" and "Receive" are all agreed. Traditionally, this kind of couplets is considered as a taboo in making couplets.

The principle that "one, three and five are distinct, and two, four and six are also applicable to couplets" in this paper means that the first, three and five words in each sentence of a five-character seven-character poem are not flat, and the flat and turbid words are flat and turbid. The second, fourth and sixth words of each sentence must be plain and clear, and cannot be replaced. Because the first, third and fifth words are relatively flat and easy to move, the pronunciation has little influence. If the second, fourth and sixth words are flat and unbalanced, it will be difficult to read. This is a taboo for orthographic poetry, and it is also a taboo for traditional couplets when used in the creation of couplets.