"In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu;Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one". With the arrival of the wax month, the pace of the Spring Festival is getting closer and closer.In the folk, there is a saying that "after Laba is the New Year", which means that as soon as the Laba Festival passes, the Spring Festival is close at hand. Because everyone is looking forward to the New Year, every day is full and busy, so time flies quickly.
And when it comes to the New Year, the Spring Festival couplets are the highlight. Especially when a family sticks Spring Festival couplets together, it is not only very lively, but also full of a lot of fun.
However, there is a saying about this year's Spring Festival couplets, that is, this year is the twenty-fifth spring of the lunar month, and the Spring Festival couplets should be pasted in advance. Why is that?When is it good to post Spring Festival couplets?Let's take a look!
As the Chinese New Year approaches, every household is starting to get busy and prepare for the new year. Among them, sticking Spring Festival couplets is a traditional custom with a long history and profound cultural connotation. However, about this year's Spring Festival couplets, some people say that they should be in advance. After understanding, I learned that it was because the beginning of spring in 2024 was before Chinese New Year's Eve, and there was no beginning of spring in 2024 of the lunar calendar.
This is also considered, that is, the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month is the beginning of the spring solar term, and in ancient times, the beginning of the spring was the beginning of the year, because the new reincarnation was opened by the beginning of spring, spring returned to the earth, and Vientiane was renewed.
Moreover, in the era of the Ganzhi Dynasty, the beginning of the year is the beginning of the year, that is, the New Year's Festival. As a traditional agrarian society, the ancients attached great importance to the beginning of spring, which is of great significance to the traditional agrarian society. In the past, when the people reached the beginning of the Spring Festival, they would post Spring Festival couplets.
According to historical records, as early as the pre-Qin period, some places in China conveniently inherited the festival activities with the theme of worshipping the gods and ancestors at the beginning of the spring year, praying for blessings, driving away evil spirits and disasters, removing the old and clothing the new, etc., which were also one of the customs of the later Spring Festival. The reason why some people say that it should be advanced is because some people say that there is no beginning of the Spring Festival in the lunar calendar in 2024.
In addition, there is a saying that the Spring Festival couplets are generally posted from the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month. Because in folklore, the 25th day of the lunar month every year is the day when the Jade Emperor inspects the world, if every household sticks the Spring Festival couplets, it is very festive, and the Jade Emperor is happy to see it, and it will bless the world.
Another reason is that this is more practical. That is, this year's Spring Festival holiday is very special, and it is only released from the first day of the first lunar month. This is like in previous years, it is in the month of La.
Two. Ten. On the 8th and 29th, or on the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Spring Festival will be posted, so that there will be no time to post the Spring Festival this year.
On the 25th day of the lunar month, not only the beginning of the Spring Festival, but also the day happened to be on Sunday, so that everyone would have time at home to prepare for the posting of Spring Festival couplets. Avoid rushing to paste it on Chinese New Year's Eve, or don't have time to squeeze until midnight to paste the Spring Festival, and it's easy to make mistakes.
In fact, there are different customs in different places about the time of pasting Spring Festival couplets, so the morning and evening of pasting Spring Festival couplets are also different.
Generally speaking, from the 25th of the lunar month to the 30th of the Chinese New Year's Eve, it is possible to paste the Spring Festival, because after the Jade Emperor inspected the world on the 25th of the lunar month, the big and small immortals also followed the Jade Emperor back to the sky, so that there is no immortal steward in the world, and there is no need to worry about any taboos, so in our country, the people are all from the 25th of the lunar month to the 30th of the Chinese New Year's Eve.
But the best time is in the month of Wax.
Two. Ten. 8. 29 These two days. If you have a large number of family members, you can choose a suitable time to post Spring Festival couplets during the 25th to 27th of the lunar month. Like this year, it is indeed a bit special, and I also think that it is a very good choice to post Spring Festival couplets on the 25th day of the lunar month.
However, the work of sticking the Spring Festival should be completed by Chinese New Year's Eve at the latest. In short, it should be sooner rather than later, and it should not exceed the period from Chinese New Year's Eve to the first day of the first lunar month.
There are still some things to pay attention to when pasting Spring Festival couplets. First of all, you have to choose the right couplet size and font. Generally speaking, the size of the couplets should be selected according to the size of the door, and the font should be clear, easy to read and beautiful.
Secondly, we should pay attention to the content and meaning of the Spring Festival couplets. The content of the Spring Festival couplets should be positive, auspicious, rich in cultural connotation, and avoid using inauspicious language.
Again, every door in the house should be pasted with Spring Festival couplets. Like the basic case in rural areas, basically every door will post Spring Festival couplets, but in the city, it is basically posted at the gate.
Finally, it is necessary to pay attention to the upper and lower couplets of the Spring Festival couplets not to be reversed. The couplet is divided into upper and lower couplets, in which the order of writing in ancient times was from right to left, so the "right" is the upper and respectful, so the right side is the upper couplet, and the left side is the lower couplet. Read the couplet from right to left as well.
As for the distinction between the upper and lower couplets, it is also very simple, that is, the last character of the upper couplet is the sound of the voice, that is, the three tones and the fourth tone of modern Chinese, while the last character of the lower link is the flat tone, that is, the first and second tones of modern Chinese.
Well, the above is the introduction of the Spring Festival couplets, thank you for seeing here, I hope it will help you.