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Before uncovering the secret, Bian Xiao will tell you that Gao Feng is closely related to couplets. Gao Feng is located more than 20 kilometers north of Pengxi County, Sichuan Province. Although it is only a hill over 500 meters above sea level, it is one of the most famous mountains in Sichuan, because there is a Taoist temple-Gao Feng Mountain Temple. According to Sichuan Tongzhi, Gaofengshan Temple was founded in the early Tang Dynasty with a long history of 1300 years. In 1930s, the local government renovated Gaofengshan Temple, including the main temple, Sanqing Hall and Laojun Hall, which also attracted a large number of Taoist culture lovers to exchange ideas. It is worth mentioning that Gaofengshan Temple has a pleasant environment and is highly respected by local elites.
As we all know, the communication between people with high status usually includes not only drinking and eating meat, but also the exchange of culture and ideas. Therefore, when they go to Gaofengshan Temple, they always write plaques or couplets, which is called "meeting friends with literature". According to experts' statistics, there are more than 300 plaques and couplets in Gao Fengshan Temple, but unfortunately, only about one tenth of them are well preserved because of their age.
Although a large number of couplets were destroyed, what can be preserved to this day is absolutely the essence. For example, there is a couplet in Wenchang Pavilion of Sanqing Hall, which is "Nai Wu Naiwen, saving people and saving the world, with far-reaching influence; The sage of the sage, the study of longitude and latitude. "There is also a couplet in the guest room, that is," Everything depends on human effort, so everything is life; "The environment is created by the heart, and it is natural to take a step back", and so on. However, these are not the most powerful couplets.
The most powerful couplet is the word Shouzi in the most conspicuous place. You can see it at first sight when you enter the mountain gate, so some people call it "Shouzi couplet". Bian Xiao can guarantee that nine and a half people who have seen the "Skinny Couplet" don't know. It is said that when Emperor Qianlong visited Gao Fengshan Temple, he was at a loss when he saw the "thin man couplet".
If you look closely, you will find that each word of the "thin man couplet" is not a single word, but a combination of several words (pictured). In this way, most tourists are stumped. How to pronounce "birthday couplets"?
In fact, this is an ancient word formation, which is also called "six-book word formation" in ancient books. First, take the individual meaning of each word, and then combine multiple individual meanings into new words (such as "qi" created by Wu Zetian) to form new pronunciations and new meanings. According to Gao Fengshan temple long said:
"Body" means that the body is a treasure and can refer to "jade";
"Body alchemy" means body alchemy, which can refer to "furnace";
"C fire" is a fire in the body, which can mean "burning";
"Wood, stone and earth" means the transformation of five elements, which can mean "refining";
"Intention" means prolonging life, which can mean "procrastination";
"Ten million" means eternal time and can mean "year";
"Home water" is body fluid, which can refer to "medicine";
"Zhengqing" means that life is booming, which can mean "Zhengqing";
"Humanism" is the law of human nature, which can refer to "Tao";
"People's mind" means people's inner practice, which can mean "doing";
"supreme achievement" refers to the process and purpose of practice, which can refer to "cultivation";
"Water patio" means that the water in the body can prolong life and can mean "beneficial";
"People are in the heart" means that cultivation comes true, which can mean "truth";
"Jiuzhen" is a Taoist elixir, which can mean "Dan".
After this explanation, this pair of "longevity couplets" is read as "practicing the right path of longevity pills and burning medicine in jade stoves to prolong life", which is generally the practice concept and health philosophy in Taoist culture. You may still feel confused when you see this. Why can't you talk properly? In fact, this is the essence of Taoist culture-need to be realized. If you can understand Tao at a glance, you can't call Tao. If you still can't understand the meaning, it may not be because you don't understand the meaning of Chinese characters, but because you don't have a deep understanding of Taoist culture and philosophy. This is the key.
Anyway, since the "birthday couplet" has existed for thousands of years, there must be something behind it that can make people feel something. Besides, we can also find the charm of Chinese characters in China. Each character has different meanings in different environments, which needs careful study.