When do you usually post couplets during the Spring Festival?

Spring Festival couplets are usually posted during the Spring Festival, and the specific time for posting Spring Festival couplets is determined. According to the differences between traditional customs and local customs in China, the time for posting couplets may be different. The following are the times of three couplets.

Off-year (the 23rd or 24th day of the twelfth lunar month): Many people tear off the old Spring Festival couplets and paste new ones on the morning of off-year. This is because many enterprises have holidays around the off-year and people will go back to their hometown to reunite with their parents for the Spring Festival, so the tradition of posting Spring Festival couplets will be held in the morning of off-year

Twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month: There is another saying that Spring Festival couplets are posted on the afternoon of the twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month (from 13:00 to 15:00), which means that the next year will be prosperous.

New Year's Eve (the last day of the twelfth lunar month): In most areas, Spring Festival couplets are posted between 6 am on New Year's Eve and noon on 12. This time symbolizes auspicious meanings such as saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, exorcising evil spirits, keeping peace, adding festive atmosphere and prospering in the coming year.

It should be noted that the time for posting Spring Festival couplets may change due to different regions and personal customs. In some places, Spring Festival couplets are even posted on New Year's Eve, especially before 12 in the evening to show that the new couplets are posted before the Spring Festival, which means that the epidemic will flourish in the coming year.

Generally speaking, although the specific time for posting Spring Festival couplets will vary according to local and personal customs, in general, off-year holidays, the 28th of the twelfth lunar month and New Year's Eve are common times for posting Spring Festival couplets. The purpose of posting Spring Festival couplets is to welcome the New Year, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and pray for good luck and peace. Therefore, choosing the right time to post couplets on these dates can mean good luck.