What is the origin of the custom of posting Spring Festival couplets?

The custom of pasting Spring Festival couplets originated in the Song Dynasty and was popular in the Ming Dynasty.

The folk custom of pasting Spring Festival couplets began in the Song Dynasty and prevailed in the Ming Dynasty. According to historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang of Ming Taizu loves couplets. He not only writes by himself, but also often encourages his officials to write. Zhu Yuanzhang vigorously advocated Spring Festival couplets, precisely because of his vigorous advocacy, which promoted the popularization of Spring Festival couplets.

By the Qing Dynasty, the ideological and artistic quality of Spring Festival couplets had been greatly improved. Liang Zhangju's monograph Poetry of Spring Festival couplets discusses the origin of Spring Festival couplets and the characteristics of various works. Spring Festival couplets had become a literary and artistic form at that time.

Post historical allusions of Spring Festival couplets.

Spring Festival couplets evolved from "peach stalks" in the Warring States period more than two thousand years ago. Huainanzi says that peach symbols are carved out of peach wood. It is engraved with a spell that destroys happiness, and it changes every year. Until the Song Dynasty, Spring Festival couplets were still called "Fu Tao". There is a saying in Wang Anshi's poem that "thousands of households are the narrowest, and new peaches are always replaced with old ones". In the Song Dynasty, the peach symbol was changed from mahogany board to paper, which was called "Spring Sticker".

In the Ming Dynasty, Fu Tao was changed to "Spring Festival couplets". In the Ming Dynasty, Chen wrote in Mao Yunlou's Miscellaneous Paintings: "The creation of Spring Festival couplets began with. Jinling, the imperial capital, suddenly issued a decree before New Year's Eve: Spring Festival couplets must be posted at the gates of public officials and scholars' homes. "