The origin and meaning of posting Spring Festival couplets.

In ordinary daily life, people always touch or use Spring Festival couplets, and the color of Spring Festival couplets is related to local folk customs. What you can usually see is red, which means welcome. How should I write Spring Festival couplets? The following is the origin and significance of posting Spring Festival couplets, which I sorted out for you. Welcome to read, I hope you will like it.

● The origin of Spring Festival couplets

Spring Festival couplets were originally called "Fu Tao" instead of "Spring Festival couplets". It is said that the origin of pasting peach symbols is very early. At that time, "Taofu" was posted to drive away monsters.

Legend has it that there was an extremely vicious monster in ancient times, which often did evil and endangered the people, but nothing could stop it.

Later, there were two immortals who specialized in exorcism. They subdued the monster with peach branches. As a result, it was circulated among the people that I was told to hang peach branches engraved with the names of two immortals on the door, and the monsters were afraid to go forward. Later, this kind of peach branch was called "peach symbol" and "peach symbol" became popular.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Fu Tao evolved into Spring Festival couplets. According to records, Meng Changjun, the master of Houshu, asked Zhang Xun to write an inscription on the mahogany. After writing, Meng Changjun thought it was inappropriate, so he wrote: "New Year's Qing Yu, Holiday Changchun". This is the earliest Spring Festival couplets in China, which was also called Taofu at that time. Later, with the appearance of paper, mahogany was replaced by red paper.

The Spring Festival couplets really appeared in the period of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang asked every household to post Spring Festival couplets, so the streets and alleys were covered with Spring Festival couplets.

The significance of Spring Festival couplets

Adding festive atmosphere to the Spring Festival, the Spring Festival couplets are all written in black on a red background or in gold on a red background, with all kinds of decorations, which are in line with the festive and joyful Spring Festival, adding festive atmosphere to the Spring Festival and expressing good wishes and longings.

Decorations in Spring Festival couplets, such as fish, mean more than a year; Beautiful words, such as "more days, longer life and spring", express people's good wishes for the coming year.

Folk proverbs have the function of avoiding evil spirits and taking refuge. This statement comes from the legend of "Nian Beast". It is said that Nian beast is afraid of being red, so every household sticks couplets to drive Nian beast away on New Year's Eve. Therefore, the custom of pasting couplets has been passed down to this day, expressing people's desire to avoid evil and take refuge.

● When is the Spring Festival couplets posted?

Generally, it will be posted after the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and it can be posted when jiaozi is eaten on New Year's Eve. You can't post it on the first day of New Year's Eve.

● What are the rules for posting Spring Festival couplets?

First, I didn't post a horizontal batch.

Spring Festival couplets must have the first couplet, the second couplet and the horizontal batch, otherwise it is not a complete Spring Festival couplets.

Horizontal batch is a four-character auspicious word hanging in the middle of the lintel. According to the writing habits of the ancients, four characters were written from right to left, and today they are arranged from left to right. It's harmless, just stick them in the middle of the door frame.

This year is the Year of the Dog, and the four words "Want Want", "Want Want", "Want Want" and "Golden Dog Report Want Want" are just right.

Second, the Spring Festival couplets are uneven.

The sky is against the ground, and the rain is against the wind. The mainland faces the sky. In couplets, the rhythm is corresponding, balanced and harmonious. Without balance, there would be no couplets.

In Putonghua, even tone and rising tone are equivalent, while rising tone and falling tone are equivalent. In other words, one or two sounds are flat, and three or four sounds are awkward. But in the ancient four tones, the flat tone is flat, and the three tones of up, go and in are awkward.

Flat and flat, flat and flat, flat and flat, flat and flat, that is, the upper part is flat, the lower part is flat, and vice versa.

Generally, odd numbers should be posted on Spring Festival couplets to symbolize good luck. Take the common seven-character Spring Festival couplets as an example. The horizontal lines of the upper and lower couplets are as follows:

(1) ping, ping, ping (2) ping, ping, ping.

(1) Pingping Pingping Pingping Pingping Pingping Pingping Pingping.

(1) flat and uniform (2) flat and uniform.

Because the antithesis between couplets and regular poems has a relationship of inheritance and evolution, couplets are also applicable to the flat and even meter of regular poems, "No matter one, three, five, two, four and six, they are all distinct". That is to say, in fact, it is not necessarily required that the whole corresponding characters of the upper and lower couplet are flush, but they can be flush at the step position.

The vast majority of Chinese characters are two-character steps or phrases, so the upper, lower, second, fourth and sixth characters should be straight and clear. The so-called step position is the last word of every step.

At the same time, for couplets, the last word of the first pair of couplets must be "Ping" and the last word of the second pair of couplets must be "Ping", that is, "from beginning to end", which is very strict.

Therefore, in the seven-character Spring Festival couplets, it is very clear whether the second, fourth and sixth characters of the bottom couplet are flat, whether the upper and lower couplets are flat and whether the couplets are neat.

However, not all the steps are in the position of 246, mainly because of the sentence patterns of couplets, words, songs, fu, parallel prose and even prose, as well as the use of leading words and proper nouns, a more complicated flat and parallel relative format has emerged.

Third, the up and down links are reversed.

According to the ancient custom, the first couplet should be attached to the upper position, that is, when you face the door, the first couplet should be attached to your right hand and the second couplet to your left hand. According to the common sense of "ping and ping" in couplets, the upper part of the last word "ping" is posted on the right side of the door, and the lower part of the last word "ping" is posted on the left side. Look at the contrast like this, so don't post it backwards.

Fourth, the content is inappropriate.

What kind of Spring Festival couplets, but also depends on who lives in the room or activities, such as "Tianzeng Life, Spring is full of dry kungfu" will be posted on the door of the elderly. "If you live happily in a treasure land for thousands of years, you will also take care of your family happily." Do not use it in schools, hospitals and other places. For teenagers who are studying at school, it is more appropriate to post "there is a road in the mountains, and there is no limit to learning the sea". If the meaning doesn't match, it will make people laugh.

Fifth, it is not appropriate to post Spring Festival couplets.

"Twenty-four, write big characters" is a folk proverb that has been circulating for a hundred years. It means that you can write Spring Festival couplets after the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, but when to post Spring Festival couplets is also very particular.

According to some records of predecessors, the best time to post Spring Festival couplets is from the afternoon of New Year's Eve to the evening. On New Year's Eve, the ancients had a grand sacrificial ceremony. In fact, posting Spring Festival couplets is also one of the procedures. Because everything is new after New Year's Eve, it's best to post Spring Festival couplets on New Year's Eve.

Now, on New Year's Eve, people are busy cooking New Year's Eve, watching the Spring Festival Gala, and some have to offer sacrifices. There are many things. It should be the most reasonable time to post Spring Festival couplets in this free time before dinner in the afternoon, with good light.

Sixth, the blessing of improper pasting method

When pasting Spring Festival couplets, some people still like to paste the word "fu", but it is unnecessary to paste the word "fu" backwards. Generally, the front door of the house and the front door of the room pay attention to sticking the word "Fu", and only by sticking it square can we get the lucky draw of "going out to see happiness" and "going in to see happiness". Only in the corner or uneven place of the room, the word "Fu" is pasted upside down, indicating that "Fu has arrived"

● What is the stability of posting Spring Festival couplets?

size

Sticking Spring Festival couplets with paste is the most common method, which is convenient and easy to uncover and does not dirty the door.

Advantages: strong adhesion, no influence on appearance when coated on the bottom surface, suitable for uneven surfaces;

Disadvantages: it is more troublesome and requires tools.

Paste method: 1, prepare 1/2 cups of flour and 1/3 cups of water.

2. Mix flour and water evenly in a bowl. If you need more paste, double the amount of ingredients. If you need less batter, add the amount of flour you need, and then add water teaspoon by teaspoon until the batter reaches the right consistency.

3. Stir the paste until it becomes smooth and a little sticky and the water is completely absorbed. Not too thick or too thin.

scotch tape

You can also use scotch tape to paste Spring Festival couplets.

Advantages: The advantages of scotch tape are convenience and transparency. It is recommended to use a wide scotch tape.

Disadvantages: Limited application area, not suitable for granular wall.

acrylic foam tape

Double-sided adhesive tape has good viscosity and will not leave traces on the appearance.

Advantages: Double-sided tape can be attached to the bottom, which does not affect the appearance and is convenient to operate.

Disadvantages: if there are many Spring Festival couplets, the operation is large, and the layer left on the door is not easy to clean.

glue

Glue is also often used to paste Spring Festival couplets.

Advantages: Strong stickiness, Spring Festival couplets are not suitable to be blown away.

Disadvantages: easy to stick hands and limited application.

Soil nailing support

Some people also paste Spring Festival couplets with soil nails.

Advantages: not dirty, easy to clean, not wasting other things.

Disadvantages: limited use, only suitable for wooden doors, easy to be blown by the wind.

Self-uncovering adhesive

Now many Spring Festival couplets are self-adhesive, which is more convenient.

Advantages: convenient, no need to find glue yourself.

Disadvantages: It is difficult to remove the dirt left at the bottom of some self-uncovering adhesives.

Recommended trace removal methods:

1. Prepare a bottle of essential balm, a paper towel, a dishcloth dipped with detergent, and a watering can next to the stain to be treated for later use.

2. Pour the essential balm on the viscose stain to cover the whole stain surface.

3. Wipe it back and forth on the stain of inverted wind oil with a paper towel. You can see that the stain was wiped off quickly. Fold the paper towel again and replace it with a clean side. Continue to consolidate and wipe. If the sesame oil is dry but there is still a little stain, you can pour some more sesame oil on it.

4. After the stain is wiped clean, wipe the original stain several times with a rag dipped in detergent.

5. Wipe it with detergent several times before cleaning, and spray some water to clean the detergent residue.

6. Check whether there are stains on the rubbing place. If there is anything missing, repeat the above steps to remove it.