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How to choose Spring Festival couplets teaches you how to choose couplets.

1, look at the couplets.

There are different markets for couplet paper. First, you have to touch it with your own hands. Pay attention to the thickness of paper when you feel it. Some paper will be covered with red pigment to the touch. Even if you buy it back, even if you post it, it will look mottled and fade when it comes to water, which will greatly affect your mood for the New Year.

2. Look at the contents of couplets

When choosing couplets, we should pay attention to their contents. Look at the font and the color of the font, and you can also choose according to your own wishes in order to have a better New Year. If there are elderly people at home, you need to choose couplets with contents about health and longevity; You can also choose couplets according to your occupation, and the couplets filled with peaches and plums are the most suitable.

3. Look at the size of couplets

If you choose Spring Festival couplets at home, you'd better choose Spring Festival couplets with a width of 15 to 20 cm. If you are a merchant, you should choose couplets according to the portal of your own shop. Generally, it is advisable to choose a width of about 20 to 30 cm, which looks harmonious with the portal of your own shop and atmospheric; If it is an organization that selects Spring Festival couplets, the width of the selected Spring Festival couplets cannot exceed 40 cm.