When will the Spring Festival couplets be posted this year?

It is better to post Spring Festival couplets on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month in 2023.

The auspicious day of posting Spring Festival couplets refers to New Year's Eve. Spring Festival couplets are special characters during the Spring Festival. Their main function is to drive away 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 flowers, there are twenty-nine in some local folk songs, 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. The content of Spring Festival couplets expresses people's good wishes for the new year, and it will be on fire after the Spring Festival couplets are posted.

Taboos for posting Spring Festival couplets

Sticking Spring Festival couplets must correspond to the banners one by one. The basic requirement is that people must be fluent in word order and clear in meaning. For example, if your cross stitch is read from left to right, then your upper part is on the left and the lower part is on the right. Reading from right to left is equally smooth.

Someone in the family died, so I can't post couplets for three years. This is mainly based on ancient customs. Generally speaking, in ancient times, family members should be filial for three years after their death, and there should be no entertainment activities. Therefore, in order to show respect for the deceased, wedding invitations naturally cannot be posted.