What are the precautions for feeling the traditional culture and sticking Spring Festival couplets according to customs?

The bright red color of Spring Festival couplets not only gives people a feeling of jubilation, but also has a cultural atmosphere because of the atmosphere of words, with auspicious content and full of people's good wishes. Therefore, even the customs of celebrating the Spring Festival in the north and south of China are different. But posting Spring Festival couplets is a custom in the north and south.

First of all, Spring Festival couplets are posted in the New Year, and the timing is very particular. Many people just come in and say they want to post Spring Festival couplets, which is not good. According to traditional customs, New Year's Eve is the best time to put up Spring Festival couplets.

How to post Spring Festival couplets? The traditional Spring Festival couplets are posted from right to left, that is, the upper couplet is on the right and the lower couplet is on the left. If the horizontal batch starts from the left, paste it in the traditional way. However, in this era, it is popular to paste Spring Festival couplets from left to right in some places. This kind of horizontal Spring Festival couplets is read from left to right.

How to distinguish between up and down links? In traditional culture, Spring Festival couplets pay attention to flatness, so most Spring Festival couplets are leveled. The first word of the first couplet is flat, and the last word of the second couplet is flat. In modern Chinese, tones are divided into one, two, three and four tones. The horizontal batch is written from left to right, with the upper part posted on the left and the lower part posted on the right. Horizontal batch is written from right to left, with the upper part pasted to the right and the lower part pasted to the left.

As for Spring Festival couplets, they should also be suitable for every household. Last year, the width of ordinary people's Spring Festival couplets was determined according to the size of the door. Generally, it is 10 to 20 cm wide, but it can be larger for shops, but it is generally not more than 30 cm.

When pasting Spring Festival couplets, try to stick them firmly, and stick the four corners together. Pay attention to prevent gaps, let the wind blow in, and then damage the Spring Festival couplets.