The next couplet is,
Dazzle Dance Shrimp for two gangs
The last word of the outgoing sentence is flat sound suitable for the next couplet.
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Couplets, one of the traditional culture, is a pair of statements written on paper, cloth or carved on bamboo, wood, pillars. Couplet is a unique cultural and artistic form of the Chinese language with a word and a sound. Couplets are rumored to have begun in the Five Dynasties after the Lord of Shu, Meng Chang.
Couplets, also known as couplets, because in ancient times more than hanging in the halls of the pillars and pillars of the halls and halls of the name, there are coupled language, rhetoric, coupled language, the door to the common name, to the "couplets", began in the Ming Dynasty. It is a kind of couplet literature, originated from the peach symbols, is the use of Chinese characters to write a /mini/ethnic style, it is a wonderful combination of calligraphy, and has become the Chinese /Chinese /mini/ethnic/colorful artistic ingenuity.
Requirements for Couplets
Couplets vary in length from just one or two words to hundreds of words. The form of couplets is varied, there are positive, negative/pair, running water pair, joint ball pair, set sentence pair and so on. But no matter what kind of couplets, using what form, must have the following characteristics:
1. To equalize the number of words, the same sentence. In addition to intentionally empty the position of a word to achieve a certain effect, the number of words must be the same, no more, no less.
2. To / level / oblique fit, tone and harmony. The traditional custom is "oblique / flat / fall", that is, the last word of the last sentence of the first line with oblique tone, the last word of the last sentence of the second line with / flat / sound.
3. The words should be relative and in the same position. It is generally called "virtual to virtual, real to real", that is, noun to noun, verb to verb, adjective to adjective, quantity word to quantity word, adverb to adverb, and the relative words must be in the same position.
4. To be content-related, the upper and lower connection. The meanings of the upper and lower couplets must be connected to each other, but not repeated.
I. Words and phrases are equivalent.
A pair of couplets, composed of the first line, the second line of the two parts. The number of sentences in the upper and lower couplets is equal, and the number of words in the corresponding statements is also equal.
Second, the lexical counterparts.
Words in the same position in the syntactic structure of the upper and lower couplets have the same lexical attributes or conform to the traditional kinds of counterparts.
Third, structural correspondence.
The composition of the words in the couplet, the coordination of word meanings, the arrangement of word order, the use of false words, and the use of rhetoric, are in accordance with the law or custom, and correspond to each other/equalize/balance.
Fourth, rhythmic counterpoint.
The flow of speech in the upper and lower sentences is in the same rhythm. Rhythm can be determined according to the rhythm of the sound rhythm "two words and section", the rhythm point in the statement of the even number of words, the appearance of a single word accounted for a section; can also be according to the semantic rhythm, that is, with the rhythm of the sound rhythm is the same as the difference, the appearance of the three words should not be split up or longer words, the rhythm of the point are in the last word.
Fifth, /ping/oblique opposition.
Sentences are arranged rhythmically with /ping/non-level alternation, and the words used in the corresponding rhythmic points of the upper and lower lines are /ping/non-level opposite/reversed. In the case of multiple-sentence couplets with two or more sentences on a single side, the feet of each sentence are connected sequentially, and the /ping/nonoblique specifications are generally required to form a step-by-step transition, which is traditionally referred to as the "/ping/top/ping/, oblique-top-negative". If it violates the taboo of Article 10 of the General Principles, or affects the harmonization of /ping/nonoblique in a sentence, then it will be lenient. The upper line is closed to the oblique tone, and the lower line is closed to the /ping/ tone.
Sixth, the form of the meaning of the joint.
The form of the counterparts, meaning associated. The content expressed in the upper and lower couplets is unified in the theme.