A Minute of Interest in Chinese Couplets

Author: Yu Fuji Ying Feng Ben Tao (editors)
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: couplets are one of the popular national literary forms enjoyed by the working people of China, a unique gem in the garden of Chinese literature. They utilize the special characteristics of the Chinese language, employing skillful wordplay, parallelism, and rhythmic alternation of tones to narrate stories, depict scenes, express emotions, and convey meanings. With concise language, they express profound content. The contributions in this collection primarily come from excerpts from newspapers, magazines, field interviews and observations by the authors, folk tales, and information provided by relatives and friends, as well as materials collected and organized from local chronicles, historical accounts, and unofficial histories. It represents the achievements of scholars from ancient to modern times, though the sources cannot all be individually cited. With the development of China's socialist society with Chinese characteristics and the continuous improvement of people's cultural levels, as a form of couplets with unique national style, they will make breakthroughs in both rules and artistry in real life, reaching a new level of development.