Anecdotes of Ancient and Modern Couplet

Author: Liu Taiping
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: The extensive economic cooperation and scientific and technological cultural exchanges between China and other countries demonstrate that the Chinese nation has stood as an unprecedentedly great figure in the world. With the five-thousand-year history of our motherland facing this period of prosperity and rapid development, diverse and healthy literary and artistic forms are needed to boost morale, enrich the environment, and inspire ambition to flourish in the era of genuine prosperity. The widespread use of couplets makes them familiar to us in daily life, but the problem is that many of the couplets spread by the media, recited by people, or displayed in various settings are, in fact, not true couplets or do not meet the qualifications of a qualified couplet. It is evident that there are a considerable number of people who are enthusiastic about the art of couplets but lack a deep understanding of it. This is inconsistent with our vast and culturally rich nation, which has long been renowned as a "land of poetry." Yet, in the book market, publications on couplets are scarce, with only a few titles available, and their content is often fragmented and cannot meet the needs of popularizing and improving the art of couplets, leaving many enthusiasts deeply disappointed.