The Best Time to Post Couplets in the Year of Rabbit in 2023

In 2023, it is best to post the Year of the Rabbit from 6 am to 12 am on New Year's Eve.

2023 is the Year of the Double Spring Black Rabbit, which means that there are two solar terms in beginning of spring in 2023. The first solar term in beginning of spring is the 14th day of the first lunar month, and the second solar term in beginning of spring is the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month. This is because the leap in February 2023 made the time between the Spring Festival in 2023 and the Spring Festival in 2024 as long as 384 days, about 20 days more than in previous years.

In addition, when posting Spring Festival couplets, the word "Fu" should be posted upside down, indicating that "Fu is here". However, this year, the word "Fu" on the gate can not be pasted upside down, meaning "Welcome to Fu" and "Accept Fu". If you paste the word "Fu" in other places, you can continue to paste it backwards. The upper part is on the right and the lower part is on the left. Tearing up the old village and putting up new Spring Festival couplets is to break bad luck.

Precautions for posting Spring Festival couplets:

The left and right sides of Spring Festival couplets should not be pasted wrong. Spring Festival couplets are divided into upper couplets and lower couplets. Because the ancients believed that "right" was sacred and ancient books were written straight from the right, the first couplet should be posted on the right and the second couplet on the left. When reading, you should read the right first, then the left. The difference between the upper and lower couplets mainly depends on the last word of the two couplets. If the last word is ambiguous (three or four tones), it is the upper part; if the last word is flat (one or two tones), it is the lower part.