What are the taboos for posting Spring Festival couplets?
Taboo 1: Don't paste the left and right couplets wrong.
When posting Spring Festival couplets, the upper and lower couplets must not be posted wrong. Facing the gate, stick couplets on the right and on the left; The left and right sides are bounded by facing the gate or pilaster.
The reason for posting this way is that the straight writing is from right to left, so reading couplets is also from right to left.
Taboo 2: The time to post Spring Festival couplets
According to folklore, Spring Festival couplets are actually immortals in the sky. When the Spring Festival couplets are torn up, they will go to heaven and report to the Jade Emperor the situation of each household.
In order for the gods to bring good luck to their families, it is best to post Spring Festival couplets between 6 am and noon on New Year's Eve 12, tearing up the old ones, which means breaking bad luck and exposing the old ones.
Taboo 3: Singularity is auspicious.
People in China generally pay attention to "yes-men", and even numbers mean all your wishes come true. However, the number of words in Spring Festival couplets should be singular, symbolizing good luck, just like the number of worshipping God. Odd numbers 1, 3 and 5 are positive, and even numbers 2, 4 and 6 are negative, which is easy to attract yin. So when posting Spring Festival couplets at the gate, you must remember to post odd numbers symbolizing good luck.
In addition, the word "spring" should not be posted on the front door of the house, but the word "blessing" can be posted, such as making a fortune. Because in ancient times, only entertainment places would put the word "spring" on the front door, which was easy to attract rotten peach blossoms.
Taboo 4: The word "Fu" can't be posted casually.
In China, during the Spring Festival, many people in China like to paste the word "Fu" and turn it upside down. But the word "fu" is not always posted backwards.
1, the blessing on the gate must be posted.
The word "Fu" on the gate means "Welcome to Fu" and "Accept Fu". The gate is the entrance and exit of the family and a solemn place. The word "fu" posted must be solemn and generous, so it must be posted correctly.
2. The word "Fu" on the cabinet should be pasted backwards.
A cupboard is a place to store things. The word "Fu" is posted backwards, which means that the good news (and wealth) will always come to the home, the house and the cupboard.
3. Special circumstances
If there is an accident at home during the year, friends who want to transfer can post their blessings backwards.
Taboo 5: Door gods are upside down.
The janitor should pay attention to the fact that the faces of the characters on the two doors are opposite, so don't stick them upside down.
The doors of the old building are two opposite doors, and the doorman sticks one on one side. Now the houses are all single doors, and two doormen can only stick on the same door. Pay attention to the beautiful and generous position when pasting.
Taboo 6: Old Spring Festival couplets are pasted with new ones.
Some people in China paste Spring Festival couplets directly on the old ones for convenience, which is wrong.
Tearing up the old Spring Festival couplets is to remove the bad ones and then paste the new ones, so as to uncover the old cloth and make the new ones.
Taboo 7: Use unlucky words.
With the development of society, there have been many customized and personalized Spring Festival couplets in recent years. Some people add personal preferences, expectations or moods to Spring Festival couplets.
However, whether you write it yourself or ask someone outside to help you write it, you should be careful not to write unlucky words such as extinction, extinction, death and death. In addition, it is necessary to avoid the above homophones and synonyms.
Taboo 8: Post Spring Festival couplets less than one year after the funeral.
If the funeral at home is less than one year, it is not suitable to post Spring Festival couplets to avoid celebration;
In addition, some places also pay attention to not wrapping zongzi, because there are symbols of "Bao" one after another, which is very unlucky.
What's so particular about Spring Festival couplets?
1. Hanging Spring Festival couplets is exquisite.
Spring Festival couplets are not torn off casually after the Spring Festival. The more firmly they are pasted, the more they can be preserved for one year. When the Spring Festival couplets are posted before the Spring Festival next year, they will be posted on the old ones. The correct format should be that when you face the door, the upper part is on the right and the lower part is on the left, because when Chinese characters are written vertically, they should be read from right to left. But the horizontal criticism of Spring Festival couplets is written from left to right, which is also caused by contemporary reading rules.
2. Pay attention to writing Spring Festival couplets
Spring Festival couplets should be personalized, and their feelings, preferences, characteristics and expectations about their home should be written in. For example, there is a peach tree in one yard and a jujube tree in the other yard. You can write these on the Spring Festival couplets. When writing Spring Festival couplets, we should also pay attention to the fact that the words "absolutely", "dead" and "dead" must not appear, and homophones must not appear.
Spring Festival couplets pay attention to the left and right antithesis, with neat sentence patterns, rhyming, auspicious meanings, harmonious couplets and general leadership. Generally, red is the background color.
Generally, couplets are flat, that is, the last word of the first couplet is flat (three or four tones) and the last word of the second couplet is flat (one or two tones). The upper part is on the left and the lower part is on the right, which is the left and right of the door, that is, when you stand in front of the door with your back to the door. Also, the horizontal batch also corresponds to the upper and lower couplet, that is, the first word of the horizontal batch is close to the upper couplet, hope to adopt it!
First of all, we must distinguish between the upper and lower links. For regular couplets, just look at the last word of each couplet. The suffix "Ping" (one or two tones) is the bottom line, and the suffix "CuO" (three or four tones) is the bottom line. Secondly, couplets follow the ancient way of writing, so when they are posted, they are posted face up. Left side down, bottom attached. Finally, pay attention to the meaning of words and phrases, and stick them in the right place. For people in the city, there are not so many houses, and generally only one or two couplets are posted, so there will be no problem.