When will the Spring Festival couplets be posted?

The auspicious day for posting Spring Festival couplets refers to New Year's Eve, that is, 65438+20201October 24th. Spring Festival couplets are special characters during the Spring Festival. Their main function is to exorcise evil spirits and prosper family wealth. They are often posted on doorways, barns, cars, wells and other places to pray for a safe and smooth New Year. It is precisely because of the unique meaning of Spring Festival couplets that we should pay attention to related taboos when posting Spring Festival couplets, especially the choice of auspicious days when posting Spring Festival couplets.

According to different local customs, the time for posting couplets during the New Year is slightly different. As the saying goes: "Twenty-eight, applique", some local folk songs also have the saying "Twenty-nine, paste the couplet (meaning paste the Spring Festival couplets)", so couplets are usually posted on the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth of the twelfth lunar month. There is also a saying that Spring Festival couplets are posted on the morning of New Year's Eve, and the contents of Spring Festival couplets express people's good wishes for the new year. Spring Festival couplets will be burned after they are pasted. It is said that they can drive away Nian animals and bring good luck to the new year.