Where was the earliest Spring Festival couplets carved?

The earliest Spring Festival couplets recorded by world record association in the world are: "Three Yang begins to spread, and four orders begin to open." This pair of Spring Festival couplets is recorded in the Dunhuang suicide note (volume number Stein 06 10) unearthed in the Tibetan Sutra Cave in Mogao Grottoes. This suicide note records 12 written in the Spring Festival couplets with beginning of spring that year.

This couplet is the first couplet, written by Liu in Tang Dynasty. The book was written in the 11th year of Kaiyuan (723), 240 years earlier than the inscription of Meng Chang, the king of Shu. "Sanyang cloth;" "The Four Orders First Open" broke the world record of "Spring Festival in Qing Yu, Spring Festival in Changchun" and was selected as the earliest Spring Festival couplets in world record association, China.

Sticking "Year Red" is one of the Chinese New Year customs, also known as "Swing Spring".

On the 28th, 29th or 30th of each year, every household posts the Year Red (Year Red refers to the red festive elements such as Spring Festival couplets, horizontal banners, door gods, New Year pictures and the word "Fu").

The Social Investigation Center of Jiefang Daily conducted a survey on "Lunar New Year Customs" in conjunction with online research by KuRunData China. According to incomplete combing, the survey lists 16 traditional Spring Festival customs.

The data shows that six customs were selected as "the most familiar" by more than half of the respondents, among which "reunion dinner" won the first place with a selection rate of 83.3%; Followed by "lucky money", the selection rate is 81.3%; The third place is "handling new year's goods", with a selection rate of 81.1%; The selection rate of "shou sui" is 63.6%, ranking fourth;

The fifth place is "Sticking Year Red", with a selection rate of 63%; The sixth place is "sweeping dust", with a selection rate of 57.3%. There are three customs that best reflect the festive atmosphere of Spring Festival reunion. "Reunion Dinner" once again won the top spot with a selection rate of 72.7%;

The second place is "doing new year's goods", accounting for 47.8%; Ranked third is "Sticking Year Red", accounting for 40.2%. It seems that no matter how the times change, it is an unchanging tradition to celebrate the New Year in a round way.

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