Is the first couplet of Spring Festival couplets posted on the left or right?

If we want to paste couplets, we should proceed from the position advocated by us in ancient times. In ancient China, "Left" was dominant, so the first couplet should be on the "Left" side. The left side here refers to the position of the couplet when the back is facing the door.

If the position of the couplet is taken as the standard, that is, when facing the frontispiece, it is the right side. In the past, people used to write right first and then left, which means the same thing. From the direction of the book itself, it is from left to right, reflecting the philosophy and moral concepts of ancient people. So according to the direction facing the gate, the first part should be on the right.

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The time for posting Spring Festival couplets is very important:

There is no unified time for posting Spring Festival couplets. Generally, the auspicious day for posting Spring Festival couplets is New Year's Eve, which is 202 1 February 1 1. However, because many people will go back to their hometown for the Spring Festival, they will choose to post Spring Festival couplets around the following year. The best time to post Spring Festival couplets is as follows:

1 and post Spring Festival couplets on the afternoon of the 29th of the twelfth lunar month (13 to 15). This time, the Spring Festival couplets are posted, and the old ones are torn off, which means good luck in the coming year.

2. Post Spring Festival couplets between 6 am and noon 12 on New Year's Eve. Tearing up the old Spring Festival couplets means that all good things will happen this year.