It is best to stick couplets on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Every year between 6 am on New Year's Eve and noon on 12, the old Spring Festival couplets are torn up and thrown away. All good things will happen this year. The best time to post Spring Festival couplets in 2023 is from 13 to 15 or from 36 to 12 on the 30th of the twelfth lunar month.

The two most common times for posting Spring Festival couplets are 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.

Nowadays, most people are not very particular about it, and the time for posting couplets is becoming more and more casual. In fact, as long as it means auspiciousness, it is ok to paste Spring Festival couplets.

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According to the different customs in different parts of China, the time for posting couplets during the New Year is slightly different. As the saying goes: "Twenty-eight, applique", some local folk songs also have the saying "Twenty-nine, paste the couplet (meaning paste the Spring Festival couplets)", 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. Spring Festival couplets mainly express people's good wishes, and firecrackers will be set off after the Spring Festival couplets are posted. It is said that firecrackers are set off to drive away animals and bring good luck to the New Year.

Generally, Beijingers have posted it since the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. They can eat jiaozi on New Year's Eve, but they can't post it on the first day of the lunar new year. Old Beijing pays attention to it. Spring Festival couplets can't be removed after the Spring Festival. The more firmly they are pasted, the better they will be kept for one year. When you put up Spring Festival couplets before the Spring Festival next year, you should put them on the old ones.