Couplets, also known as antithesis, door-to-door, spring stickers, Spring Festival couplets, couplets and so on. It is a antithesis written on paper, cloth or carved on bamboo, wood and columns. The antithesis of couplets is neat and even, which is a unique artistic form of Chinese. Couplets are the treasures of China traditional culture.
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1. Universal couplets-such as Spring Festival couplets.
2. Special couplets-such as tea couplets, birthday couplets, wedding couplets, elegiac couplets, industry couplets, motto couplets, gift couplets, question and answer couplets, etc.
3. Spring Festival couplets: special couplets for the New Year.
Such as: Kyushu willow spits green; Peach and apricot compete for spring in May.
4. Greeting couplets: used for birthday, marriage, housewarming, having children, opening business and other festive occasions.
Such as: a pair of red hearts for the four modernizations; Two new hand-painted pictures. (Xi Lian). Happiness is like the East China Sea; Life is better than Nanshan. (first couplet)
5. elegiac couplet: mourn the dead.
For example, books have a strong future and will shock the world; Let the spirit shine forever and then benefit the people.
6. Give couplets: praise or encourage others to use them.
Such as: wind, rain, reading, the sound in the ear; Family affairs, state affairs and everything in the world care about everything.