What is the significance and symbol of posting Spring Festival couplets?

The implication and symbol of posting Spring Festival couplets:

1. Say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and inherit the traditional customs: Spring Festival couplets are a unique literary form in China, and posting Spring Festival couplets is also a way to inherit the traditional customs, respect the ancestors and inherit the tradition. We put up Spring Festival couplets to wish the whole family peace and happiness in the new year.

2. Symbolizing good wishes: The ancients posted Spring Festival couplets to ward off evil spirits and protect peace, expressing the good wishes of the Han working people to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters and welcome good luck. Decorations in Spring Festival couplets, such as fish, mean more than a year; Beautiful words, such as "more days, longer life and spring", express people's good wishes for the coming year.

3, increase the festive atmosphere: Spring Festival couplets are all black characters on a red background or gold characters on a red background, plus various decorations, which are in line with the joy and joy of the New Year and symbolize joy. During the Spring Festival, every household sticks Spring Festival couplets, which symbolize the New Year and New Year in China and add to the festive atmosphere. It looks very festive.

4. Avoiding evil spirits and taking refuge: Folk sayings have the function of avoiding evil spirits and taking refuge. This statement comes from the legend of "Nian Beast". It is said that Nian beast is afraid of being red, so every household sticks couplets to drive Nian beast away on New Year's Eve. Therefore, the custom of pasting couplets has been passed down to this day, expressing people's desire to avoid evil and take refuge.

Extended data:

Every household in China will post Spring Festival couplets every Spring Festival. The origin of Spring Festival couplets should also start from Fu Tao. According to ancient legend, there is a big peach tree in Dushuo Mountain in the East China Sea. There is a tea tree and a gloomy Er Shen and Er Shen under the peach tree. In case of trouble, they will tie it up and feed it to the tiger. Later, during the Spring Festival in China, in order to drive away ghosts, they drew these two statues on the mahogany board, which is Fu Tao.

In the Five Dynasties, Meng Changjun, the master of Shu, wrote the couplets of "There are years to live, and there are years to live", which most people think is the earliest Spring Festival couplets. In the Song Dynasty, posting Spring Festival couplets has become a custom. Wang Anshi wrote in his poem: "Thousands of households always change new peaches for old ones." Writing Spring Festival couplets on red paper began in the Ming Dynasty.