Interior Decoration: Chinese couplet

Interior Decoration:  Chinese couplet

981001510 許庭瑜／Betty

Chinese couplet is made up by a pair of lines of poetry that have certain rules. The two lines have a one-to-one correspondence in their metrical length, and each pair of characters must have certain corresponding properties. In addition, Chinese couplet usually has meanings correspond to the surroundings or the personality of the owner; therefore, one kind of writing skill "pun(雙關)" will be used in the two lines to add interest.

Actually, in this Chinese couplet, the riddle is hind in the left line. First of all, we need to understand this Chinese couplet should be writing for Smart Bao because he is the owner of the court. Second, "我認你再世父母" represents a Chinese culture that we thought the governor is like our countries' parents. However, "我認你再世父母" also correspond to the relationship between Toy Boy and Seven Love, Toy Boy thought Seven Love was his mother. 

So, I made the right line "人言你名花有主" to complete their relationship. In brief, if you want to solve the riddle, you need to find out its double meaning.