How to post Spring Festival couplets

The correct way to paste Spring Festival couplets is: facing the gate, paste the couplets on the right side, and paste the lower couplets on the left side.

For the sake of coordination, it is advisable to post Spring Festival couplets 15-20 cm wide and more than half the door frame on the doorways of residents' homes, while merchants should post about 20-30 cm Spring Festival couplets on storefronts according to the width of the door. The length of the Spring Festival couplets should also exceed half of the door frame, so that they appear coordinated and generous. As for the doors of some tall buildings, if Spring Festival couplets are pasted, the width of the Spring Festival couplets should not exceed 40 centimeters, and the length should also exceed half of the door frame.

The best time to post Spring Festival couplets:

Generally speaking, it is best to post Spring Festival couplets between 6 a.m. and 12 noon on New Year’s Eve. Before posting Spring Festival couplets, you must tear off the old Spring Festival couplets, otherwise you will not be able to paste new ones, but this is very particular.

There is a folk legend: the Spring Festival couplets are gods in the sky. When the Spring Festival couplets are torn up and burned, they will ascend to heaven to report the situation of the people to the Jade Emperor, hoping that the gods can bring good things to the families of the people. transport. If you tear it up and burn it too early, the gods will report it to you. But it was not the New Year yet, so the Jade Emperor thought there was something wrong with the family; if it was too late, the gods would not have time to bless them.

Therefore, it is best to tear off the Spring Festival couplets and post them between 6 a.m. and 12 noon on New Year’s Eve. After tearing them off, you can affix new ones, which means to remove the old and cloth with the new.