The New Year is getting closer and closer. In addition to buying New Year goods and new clothes and new shoes, the New Year decorations at home are also indispensable. That is the most important New Year flavor in the home! Among them, in addition to needing to be replaced every year, the Spring Festival couplets are also very particular about how to paste them. Some people may not be able to distinguish the upper and lower couplets!
Where should the Spring Festival couplets be posted?
Unless you really don’t pay attention to it, Spring Festival couplets should actually be posted on both sides of the door. Because according to Feng Shui, if the Spring Festival couplets are posted in the kitchen, room, etc., there will be "no priority", which will affect the fortune for the whole year.
How to separate the upper and lower lines?
At this time, you need to practice the "four tones" you learned when you were a child. Generally speaking, the last word in the first line is in the "廄" tone, which is the third or fourth tone among the four tones; the last word in the second line is usually in the flat tone, which is the first or second tone. In terms of phonology, couplets should be read smoothly and contain cadences and emotions.
Which side of the door should the upper and lower couplets be posted?
In ancient times, writing was from right to left, so the first couplet always started from the right. However, because of the current reading habit of starting from the left, many people will paste the first couplet on the left. In fact, No problem either.
However, if your Spring Festival couplets also include horizontal batches, you need to decide based on the horizontal batches. If the horizontal batch is written from right to left, the first couplet will follow the right side; if the horizontal batch starts from the left, the first couplet will follow the left side.
Finally, the most important thing is not to mix the two kinds of Spring Festival couplets. After all, the Spring Festival couplets have the meaning of warding off evil and disaster, and bringing good fortune. The upper and lower couplets have their own meanings. If they are separated, the Spring Festival couplets will be broken. original intention. And people with obsessive-compulsive disorder will also find it unpleasant to watch for a whole year