The custom of posting New Year's Red.

The custom of pasting Year Red is as follows:

On 28th, 29th or 30th, 2008, every household hung up the "Year Red". Nian Hong is the general name of Spring Festival couplets, door gods, New Year pictures, blessings, banners and window grilles. Because these are all red festive elements hung up during the Chinese New Year, they are collectively called "Year Red". Sticking New Year Red is a traditional New Year custom in China, which reflects people's customs and beliefs, adds festive atmosphere and places people's good expectations for the new year and new life.

According to the records of literary works such as Jade Candle Collection and Yanjing Age, the original form of Spring Festival couplets is what people call "Fu Tao". Another source of Spring Festival couplets is spring stickers. The ancients posted the word "Yichun" every day when they were in beginning of spring, and later they gradually developed into Spring Festival couplets. Sticking Spring Festival couplets is also called sticking couplets, Spring Festival couplets, couplets and peach symbols. It depicts the background of the times and expresses good wishes with neat, dual, concise and exquisite words, which is a unique literary form in China.

New Year pictures and window grilles

Hanging New Year pictures during the Spring Festival is also very common in urban and rural areas, and colorful New Year pictures add a lot of prosperity and festive atmosphere to thousands of families. New Year pictures are an ancient folk art in China, which reflects people's simple customs and beliefs and places their hopes on the future. With the rise of block printing, the content of New Year pictures is not limited to monotonous themes such as door gods, but has become rich and colorful.

In the folk, people also like to stick various paper-cuts on the windows, which not only sets off the festive atmosphere, but also integrates decoration, appreciation and practicality. At the same time, some people have to write "Fu" on doors, walls and lintels. Others elaborate the word "Fu" into various patterns, such as longevity, longevity peach, carp yue longmen, abundant grains, dragons and phoenixes, and so on.