Why should Spring Festival couplets be posted during the Spring Festival —— The origin of Spring Festival couplets
China's understanding of Spring Festival couplets in ancient times can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, Spring Festival couplets were carved on wooden rafts or stone pillars at the door, and some were also carved on long bamboo pieces hanging at the door. Later, they decorated the door with ink on thick ribbons (which northerners call hijab). After China invented papermaking in ancient times, Spring Festival couplets were written by literati and hung on paper banners, which later developed into red paper and posted in doorways and halls. Some people are also called Spring Festival couplets. In fact, Spring Festival couplets are just a kind of couplets.
Spring Festival couplets were originally called "Fu Tao" instead of "Spring Festival couplets". It is said that the origin of pasting peach symbols is very early. At that time, "Taofu" was posted to drive away monsters. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Fu Tao evolved into Spring Festival couplets. The Spring Festival couplets really appeared in the period of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang asked every household to post Spring Festival couplets, so the streets were covered with Spring Festival couplets.
Sticking method of Spring Festival couplets;
1. When facing the gate, the right hand direction is upper paste, and the left hand direction is lower paste and lower paste.
2. According to the tone, the last word in the upper part is three or four tones, and the last word in the lower part is one or two tones.
According to cause and effect, the first cause is the consequence.
According to time, the first pass is the upper part, and the second pass is the lower part.
5. According to the spatial scope, the front is small and the back is big.
The size of Spring Festival couplets:
There are five common couplet sizes: 1 m (78× 100 cm), 1.5 m (78× 150 cm), 2 m (78×200 cm) and 2.5m (78× 250). You need to know how to cut paper. Here will introduce the specifications of general door couplets. There is no specific size specification for couplets. When writing couplets, it is determined according to the size of the door and the size of the original paper. That is, according to the size of the door, different paper-cutting methods are adopted to create a harmonious beauty.
How to stick good luck on couplets;
(1) It is an important point of life balance and adjustment that the five elements choose couplets with gods. We can use God to increase fortune and improve many situations with poor innate fortune. When we choose Spring Festival couplets, we can also choose the corresponding Spring Festival couplets according to the numerology of the householder, thus promoting the fortune.
1, using God as water: it is advisable to use "Tai Chi Cheng Xiang", which can promote life and help good luck.
2, using God as wood: it is appropriate to use "Sanyang Kaitai", which can make life rich and help the icing on the cake.
3, using God as fire: it is appropriate to use "two external sources to generate wealth", which can generate wealth and contribute to the prosperous times.
4, using God as gold: it is appropriate to use "four elephants to offer Rui", which can make life rich and help you go out.
5. Use God as the soil: It is advisable to use "Five Blessingg", which can enrich life and help people to prosper.
(B) How to choose the color of Spring Festival couplets
In the market, all kinds of Spring Festival couplets are colorful and dazzling. Many people choose Spring Festival couplets according to their own preferences. In fact, from the perspective of numerology, if they choose according to their favorite gods, they can get the effect of helping fortune. Numerology, life likes to use God as gold and water, and you can buy Spring Festival couplets with golden background and black characters, all because black refers to water, metal gold and golden water, which makes you rich. People who use gods as fire can use red paper as the favorite color of Spring Festival couplets. Those who regard God as wood can choose Spring Festival couplets decorated with flowers and trees as lucky things.