When will the couplets be posted this year?

The time for posting couplets in different regions is somewhat different. For example, some places are "Twenty-eight, decals", some places are "Twenty-nine, Spring Festival couplets are pasted upside down", and some places are pasted on the 28th, 29th and 30th of the twelfth lunar month.

According to the older generation, Spring Festival couplets posted too early are called "flurried stars" and early decisions, and posted too late are also called "one step behind, one step behind". You see, there is a lot of pressure here.

According to the old man, there are two good opportunities to post Spring Festival couplets this year. One is from 65438+ 0 pm to 7 pm on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, which means prosperity. Another good time is from 7: 00 am to 12 noon on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, which means smooth sailing.

Spring Festival couplets originated in the Zhou Dynasty, also known as spring stickers, spring couplets and spring couplets. They are a unique literary form in China and an important symbol of celebrating the Spring Festival. They are one of the red festive elements "Year Red" posted during the Spring Festival to express good wishes.

"Thousands of families always trade new peaches for old ones every day. "The new peaches and old characters in this book are the earliest Spring Festival couplets. For example, Yanjing Shi Sui Ji records: "Spring Festival couplets are also Fu Tao."

According to the customs of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the earliest Spring Festival couplets were two peach trees hanging on both sides of the door. There is a passage in the Book of Rites describing these two peach trees: "The peach symbol is six inches long and three inches wide, and the names of Shen Tu and Lei Yu are written on the peach board."