When do you usually post couplets during the Spring Festival?

Spring Festival couplets are usually posted during the Spring Festival, and the specific time for posting Spring Festival couplets is certain. According to the different traditional customs and local customs in China, the time for posting couplets may be different. The following is the time of the triple.

Off-year (23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month): Many people tear off the old Spring Festival couplets and paste new ones on the morning of off-year. This is because many enterprises have holidays around the off-year, and people will go back to their hometown to reunite with their parents for the Spring Festival, so the tradition of posting Spring Festival couplets will be held in the morning of off-year.

Twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month: There is another saying that Spring Festival couplets are posted on the afternoon of the twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month (13:00 to 15:00), which means that the coming year will be very prosperous.

New Year's Eve (the last day of the twelfth lunar month): In most areas, Spring Festival couplets are posted between 6 am on New Year's Eve and noon on 12. This time symbolizes auspicious meanings such as saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, exorcising evil spirits, keeping peace, adding festive atmosphere and prospering in the coming year.

It should be noted that the time for posting Spring Festival couplets may change due to different regions and personal customs. In some places, Spring Festival couplets are even posted on New Year's Eve, especially before 12 in the evening, to show that new couplets are posted before the Spring Festival, which means that the epidemic situation is booming in the coming year.

Generally speaking, although the specific time of posting Spring Festival couplets will be different due to regional and personal customs, generally speaking, off-year holidays, the 28th of the twelfth lunar month and New Year's Eve are the common times for posting Spring Festival couplets. The purpose of posting Spring Festival couplets is to welcome the New Year, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and pray for good luck and peace. Therefore, choosing the right time to post couplets on these dates can mean good luck.