Where did the lanterns on the couplets go?

You should argue the pros and cons like this when hanging lanterns. Generally, there are wires under lanterns, but not above them. That is to say, when hanging red charcoal lanterns, the lines are below, and those without lines are up. There are hooks on the lanterns, so it is convenient to hang the lanterns wherever they are. When hanging, put the light bulb inside before hanging the lantern.

There are many explanations about the origin of playing lanterns. A widely circulated explanation is that the custom of playing lanterns on the Lantern Festival began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Eastern Han Dynasty advocated Buddhism. He heard that on the fifteenth day of the first month, Buddhist monks watched the Buddhist relics and lit lanterns to worship Buddha, so he ordered them to light lanterns to worship Buddha in palaces and temples that night, so that all the gentry and the people could hang lanterns. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival.

This festival has experienced the development process from the court to the people, and from the Central Plains to the whole country. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, in order to celebrate the prosperity of the country and the peace of the people, people tied lanterns, symbolizing the prosperity of colorful dragons and the prosperity of the people through flashing lights. Since then, the custom of lanterns has become widely popular. Lantern is an ancient lamp. As early as the eighth century BC, in the Tang Dynasty, the reasons for using lanterns were recorded.

There were lanterns in China after the Qin and Han Dynasties, and paper lanterns may have been invented after the Western Han Dynasty. The custom of watching lanterns on the Lantern Festival originated in the early Han Dynasty. However, it is also said that in the Tang Dynasty, Ming Di lit lanterns at Shangyang Palace during the Lantern Festival to celebrate the prosperity and security of the country, and then tied lanterns. With flashing lights, it symbolizes that the colorful dragon is auspicious, the people are rich and the country is strong, and the atmosphere of lanterns is still widely popular.