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ival  couplets, including  its  definition,  development  history,  and  features.  Apart  from  these,  its  previous studies and studies of the applied theory on other phenomena will also be presented.  

2.1 Studies of Spring Festival couplets
As  a  language  phenomenon,  Spring  Festival  couplets  are  filled  with  creative  and  rich linguistic  expressions,  which  attract  many  researchers  to  study.  In  the  following,  the  author will introduce Spring Festival couplets briefly in order that it can make the scope of this study clearer.  Gu  Pingdan,  Chang  Jiang  and  Zeng  Baoquan  (1991)  point  out  that  Spring  Festival couplets  belong  to  antithetical  couplets.  It  is  pasted  on  Lunar  New  Year’s  Eve  to  pray  good luck  and  happiness.  It  is  derived  from  Tao  Fu  and  Men  Shen.  Tao  Fu  is  such  a  thing  that peach  wood  charms  against  evil,  hung  on  the  gate  on  the  Lunar  New  Year's  Eve  in  ancient times, while Men Shen means door god. At the beginning of spring, the first thing is to post goalkeeper and couplet. That is what modern men call pasting up Spring Festival couplets.   The  Spring  Festival  couplet  includes  two  different  senses.  One  is  a  kind  of  cultural phenomenon from the significance of folklore. The other is a literary genre from the stylistics point of view (Bai, 2011). It is a definition from the perspective of two different disciplines. According to Practical Dictionary of Modern Chinese edited by Yu Xin and Yu Weiqun (2013),  Spring  Festival  couplets,  also  named  Chunlian  in  Chinese,  is  a  kind  of  antithetical couplets posted on the door when we celebrate Chinese New Year. Couplets displayed as one part  of  Chinese  Spring  Festival,  is  also  called  Chunlian.  These  are  usually  purchased  at  a market a few days before and glued to the doorframe. This definition tells us the time and the place it should be posted.Qin (2015) says that a couplet is composed of two lines of poetry that come next to each other, especially two lines that rhyme with each other and are of the same length. In addition, the lines should be posted vertically, with the first one on the right and the second one on the left. Some couplets also have a top scroll. A complete Spring Festival couplet is composed of the above three parts.  
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2.2 Previous studies on Spring Festival couplets 
The  Spring  Festival  couplet  is  a  strong  identity  of  Chinese  cultural  elements,  carrying thousands of years of Chinese history and culture. The intelligent Chinese people have created countless Spring Festival couplets in two thousand years of historical develop本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。