What does it have to do with Chinese New Year?

Couplets, also known as antithesis, antithesis, spring stickers, Spring Festival couplets, couplets, Taofu and couplets (named after the pillars hanging in halls and houses in ancient times), are a kind of dual literature, which originated from Taofu. Another source is the spring release. The ancients posted the word "Yichun" more and more at the beginning of spring, and then it gradually developed into Spring Festival couplets, expressing the good wishes of the working people in China to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters and welcome good luck. Couplets are antithetical sentences written on paper, cloth or engraved on bamboo, wood and columns. It is a unique art form of Chinese, concise and profound, neat and even, with the same number of words and the same structure.

2. window grilles

Window grilles are paper-cut pasted on window paper or window glass, which is one of the traditional folk arts of Han nationality in ancient China. It has a long history and unique style, and is deeply loved by people at home and abroad.

Window grillage is a characteristic art of farming culture, and the rural living geographical environment, agricultural production characteristics and social customs also make this local art have distinctive Han folk customs and artistic characteristics.

In the past, whether in the north or the south, stick grilles was always visited during the Spring Festival. In the south, it is only posted when you get married now, but it is generally not posted during the Spring Festival. However, stick grills are still very popular in the north. In Fengning County, Hebei Province, if someone doesn't visit stick grilles during the Spring Festival, people will guess whether something happened to this family. One of the paper-cut varieties. In order to set off the festive atmosphere, the vast rural areas put paper-cuts on the windows before the Spring Festival. Generally speaking, the style of window grilles is relatively free, except for the "corner flower" stuck in the four corners and the "group flower" folded and cut, there is no restriction on its outer contour. The theme of window grilles is very wide, and there are a lot of drama stories. Window grilles are more common in the north.

firecracker

The origin of firecrackers has a history of more than 2000 years. In ancient China, when there was no gunpowder and paper, people burned bamboo to make it burst and make a sound, so as to drive away the plague. Bamboo is called firecrackers because it makes a "crackling" sound when it burns. Setting off fireworks on festivals or festive days reflects the good wishes of the ancient working people in China for Antai.

In modern traditional festivals, weddings, celebrations, temple fairs and other occasions, firecrackers are almost always set off, especially during the Spring Festival, the use of firecrackers exceeds half of the annual consumption.