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When can I post couplets in 2023?

Spring Festival couplets in 2023 are usually posted on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month (65438+2023120 October) or on New Year's Eve (65438+2023120 October), that is, New Year's Eve.

This time, the Spring Festival couplets are posted, and the old ones are torn off, which means good luck in the coming year. 6 am to noon on New Year's Eve 12 Post Spring Festival couplets. Tearing up the old Spring Festival couplets means that all good things will happen this year. There is no unified time for posting Spring Festival couplets. Generally, the auspicious day for posting Spring Festival couplets refers to New Year's Eve. Therefore, during the Spring Festival, many people will go back to their hometown for the New Year and choose to post Spring Festival couplets on New Year's Eve.

Spring Festival couplets, also known as spring stickers, couplets and door couplets, are a unique literary form in China, an important symbol for China people to celebrate the Spring Festival, and a red festive element "Year Red" posted during the Spring Festival. It depicts a beautiful image and expresses good wishes in neat, concise and exquisite words. When people put couplets and blessings on their doorsteps, it means the official start of the Spring Festival.

Pay attention to posting couplets.

1. First of all, Spring Festival couplets must have top couplet, bottom couplet and horizontal batch, otherwise it is not a complete Spring Festival couplets.

2. Pay attention to the color of couplets. Red is common to show welcome, followed by white, yellow, purple, green and blue to show sacrifice. Don't use it indiscriminately.

3. Generally, the number of words in Spring Festival couplets is singular, which symbolizes auspiciousness.

4. According to the custom, the first couplet should be posted in the upper direction, that is, the right hand direction when facing the house, and the second couplet should be posted in the lower direction, that is, the left hand direction when facing the house. The eyebrows of the two couplets are flush, the symmetrical distance is appropriate, and the horizontal batch is in the middle position above the two couplets.

5. According to the contents of the couplets, choose the place to post them, such as "Days increase years, people live longer, and spring is full of kung fu pictures", which should be posted on the door of the elderly, and "Happy to live in the treasure house for a thousand years, happy to take care of everything at home" should be posted on the door of the home, not used in schools, hospitals and other places. If the meaning of the couplet doesn't match, it will make people laugh.