BY RUISEN
Posting couplets on New Year's Eve is the most classic custom of the Spring Festival, which has profound cultural connotations and historical origins behind it.The origin of posting couplets is closely related to things such as peach charms and door gods. With the development of the times, couplets are gradually linked to literati and scholars, and have become an important way for literati to communicate with each other.
During the Spring Festival, every household will select a red Spring Festival couplet and post it on the gate to welcome the arrival of the new year.
There are many types of Spring Festival couplets, which can be divided into door heart, frame pair, horizontal drape, spring strip, bucket square, etc. according to the place of use.
It depicts beautiful images and expresses good wishes with neat, concise and exquisite characters. It is a unique literary form in China. Pasting Spring Festival couplets is an important symbol for Chinese people to celebrate the Spring Festival.
When people paste Spring Festival couplets on their doorsteps, it means that the Spring Festival has officially kicked off. Every Spring Festival, no matter in the city or in the countryside, every household will choose beautiful red Spring Festival couplets to paste on the door, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, adding to the festive atmosphere and implying a safe and healthy year.
This is the origin of this custom.
Post time: Feb-03-2023