This is Wang Xiang's first New Year in Datang, and his heart is full of excitement and curiosity.

The days before the Chinese New Year are also the most lively time, and the streets and alleys of Chang'an City are full of the sound of selling New Year's goods.

Although the New Year's goods are prepared by Steward Wang and Aunt Lin, shopping is a kind of fun in itself, and Xiao Lori and Ju Yiya both like to be lively, so Wang Xiang took them to pick and buy a lot of gadgets along the way.

What made him feel strange was that after walking most of the street, he didn't see the stalls selling Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters.

When passing by a small stall, little Lori pulled Ju Yiya and ran over, squatting on the ground and picking it up.

Ju Yiya didn't know much about the Spring Festival in the Tang Dynasty, so she pointed to the delicately carved wooden boards on the paving and asked curiously, "What is this?" ”

Not to mention Ju Yiya, Wang Xiang was also a little curious, squatted down and picked up a thin wooden board to observe.

"It's a peach talisman."

"Peach Fu?"

Seeing that Wang Xiang didn't seem to know the peach talisman, Xiao Lori introduced triumphantly: "The peach talisman is made of good peach wood, and during the New Year, the names of Shen Tu and Yulei are written on the peach talisman and hung on the door to ward off evil spirits." ”

As soon as Wang Xiang heard what Xiao Lori said, the peach charm seemed to be similar to the Spring Festival couplets, but he didn't understand what this god and jade lei meant.

Little Lori teased: "Legend has it that Shen Tu and Yu Lei are two brothers, they live under the peach tree and can catch ghosts and drive away evil spirits. ”

"I see." Wang Xiang nodded.

Speaking kung fu, Xiao Lori has already selected several delicate peach charms, in fact, this kind of thing Steward Wang and Aunt Lin must have prepared, but Xiao Lori still likes to choose it herself.

A few peach talismans add up to only a dozen yuan. When he goes shopping, Wang Xiang doesn't like to carry a lot of copper coins. I used up all the copper coins on my body just now when I bought something. There was only silver left on his body, he took out a silver bean and handed it to the old man who sold the peach charm, the old man looked embarrassed, the peach charm here is not worth a silver bean even if it is sold, and the copper money on his body can't be found at all.

Wang Xiang saw the old man's embarrassment, smiled and said, "No need to look for it, I want to ask where there are Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters for sale." ”

"Spring Festival couplets? Fu word? ”

Not only did the old man not understand, but Xiao Lori also looked at Wang Xiang curiously and asked, "Brother-in-law." What are you talking about? ”

Wang Xiang was surprised and said: "It's only used on the door, isn't it the Spring Festival couplets and the word Fu posted during the New Year?" ”

Little Lori shook her head: "Didn't we buy a peach charm?" ”

Wang Xiang suddenly reacted, at this time, the paper was still rice paper, how could there be any Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters.

I always feel that the Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters are not pasted for the New Year, and the Gewuyuan can already make new paper, as long as it is dyed with red pigments, and then you can make Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters by yourself.

Xiao Lori asked what the Spring Festival couplets and the word Fu were, Wang Xiang waved his hand and smiled: "Go back to the house first, and you will know when I make it, there are Spring Festival couplets." The word blessed is like the New Year. ”

Back at the Hou Mansion, Wang Xiang asked Xiaoya to bring a stack of new paper made in the Gewu Academy. Then have the paper dyed red and left outside to dry.

Seeing that Wang Xiang was stirring up as soon as he came back, everyone was very curious, and Wu Shun opened his mouth and asked, "What is Husband Jun doing?" ”

Wang Xiang smiled mysteriously: "You'll know in a while." ”

After the new red paper was dried, Wang Xiang cut the paper into strips five inches wide and five feet long, and then cut several square pieces of paper about two feet long and wide.

Xiao Lori picked up a few notes and looked at them, tilted her head and asked, "Brother-in-law, is this what you said about Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters?" Do you want to stick these notes on the door? ”

The red note did look more festive, and Wang Xiang smiled: "Of course it's not just that, ...... next"

Wang Xiang suddenly made a difficulty, writing Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters are to use a brush, he has been in the Tang Dynasty for a year, but the brush words have not grown at all, and now the brush words written by the little son are much better than him.

Seeing Wang Xiang frowning, Wu Shun opened his mouth and asked, "What's wrong with my husband?" ”

Wang Xiang scratched his head, a little embarrassed and said: "Writing Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters should be written with a brush......

Little Lori laughed when she heard this: "Brother-in-law can't write calligraphy!" ”

Wang Xiang coughed dryly, and said seriously: "I just wrote more generally, this couplet and the word Fu are to be pasted on the door, so naturally they can't be casual." ”

Wu Shun covered his mouth and smiled when he heard this: "What words does the husband want to write?" ”

Wang Xiang patted his head and said happily: "Yes, how did I forget, Madame's words are delicate and delicate, just suitable for writing Spring Festival couplets, little girl, quickly take the pen and ink!" ”

When Xiaoya took the pen and ink, Wu Shun picked up the brush and looked at Wang Xiang with a smile, she already understood Wang Xiang's intentions. In fact, the Spring Festival couplets have been there for a long time, but they are not called Spring Festival couplets but peach symbols, yes, they are peach symbols, because the couplets at this time are written on the peach symbols. In the five dynasties, Meng Chang of Houshu inscribed on the peach charm "New Year's Yuqing, Jiajie Changchun", which is said to be the first Spring Festival couplet. Writing Spring Festival couplets requires a certain amount of literary brilliance, so most people write the names of Shen Tu and Yu Lei directly on the peach symbols.

Wang Xiang's literary talent Wu Shun has long been seen, a few poems written at the Jinguang Lake Poetry Conference are now well-known, cited as classics, and now see that Wang Xiang seems to have a plan to show his literary talents, Wu Shun is naturally very much looking forward to it.

Facing Wu Shun's expectant gaze, Wang Xiang coughed dryly, pretending to put his hands behind his back and pacing while making a thinking gesture, in fact, he was recalling those classic couplets in later generations.

Suddenly a cold wind blew, and little Lori exclaimed: "Oops, it's snowing!" ”

Wang Xiang smiled slightly: "There is." ”

"The snow is beautiful."

Wu Shun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he wrote with a pen and exquisite handwriting, which made people feel pleasing to the eye at a glance.

"The flowers are new."

Seeing that Wu Shun continued to write after the previous sentence, Wang Xiang hurriedly said: "These two sentences should be written separately, and one will be posted on both sides of the gate at that time." ”

The two sentences have been completed in one go, Wu Shun was a little embarrassed, Wang Xiang said: "It's okay, these two sentences are just relatively short, just cut them from the middle." ”

Xiao Lori admired Wang Xiang's literary brilliance very much, and when she saw this, she clapped her hands and cheered: "Brother-in-law, write another pair!" ”

Wang Xiang smiled and said: "Well, write more, every gate outside the house is pasted with a pair of Spring Festival couplets, which looks festive, well, here are a few horizontal batches, the two sides of the gate are pasted with couplets, and the middle eaves are pasted with horizontal batches." ”

"What is a cross-batch?" Little Lori looked curious.

"Horizontal criticism is the meaning of the couplet." Wang Xiang explained, and said to Wushun: "Horizontal criticism should be written horizontally." ”

Wu Shun nodded, with her intelligence, she already knew what the Spring Festival couplets and horizontal batches meant, and what she was most looking forward to now was what kind of couplets Wang Xiang would make next. (To be continued.) )