What’s the point of pasting Spring Festival couplets, door gods, and blessing characters?

Easy, equal, equal, equal. A pair of Spring Festival couplets must be balanced and balanced to be melodically beautiful when recited. The traditional custom is \”廄 rises and flat falls\”, that is, the last word of the first line is in the square tone, and the last word of the second line is in the flat tone.

What is the point of posting Spring Festival couplets? The most important thing to pay attention to is that first of all, you must put up the Spring Festival couplets before dark on New Year\’s Eve. Why? It\’s because at this time, it is said that the Nian beast is coming, so you posted the Spring Festival couplets, which are red, to drive away the Nian beast and protect the family.

How do you post Spring Festival couplets? Spring couplets have upper and lower lines, so how to distinguish the upper and lower lines, that is, level, level, level, level, level, level, level, level. What does this mean? \”廄\” has the third and fourth tones, and \”平\” has the first and second tones. As long as the ending sound is the oblique tone, it is pasted as the upper line, and the ending sound is the flat tone as the second line.

Where should the upper couplet be posted? It should be on the left side of the door, that is, the upper couplet is on the right hand side of the front door, and the lower couplet is on the left hand side of the front door. I happen to have one this year. The Spring Festival couplets of the New Year, the first couplet is \”Five clouds welcome the dawn\”, the second couplet is \”Wish you a happy new year\”. So why is the first line of \”Five Clouds Welcome the Dawn\”? The last word in the second line is \”日\”, which belongs to the oblique sound; the last word of the second line is \”春\”, which belongs to the horizontal line. \”Tiger roars in spring\”. These are some of the things to pay attention to when posting Spring Festival couplets.

In addition to posting Spring Festival couplets, we also need to post the door gods. One thing to note when posting the door gods is that they must be posted face to face. You cannot post them back to back. Generally, it is best to wait until New Year\’s Eve. On this day, as the old saying goes, post it after everyone in the family is here. After all, it is not suitable for new people to enter the home on this day. It is said that in the past, people who were in debt would stick to the door god before dawn, in order to avoid people coming to collect debts, so they had to wait until New Year\’s Eve. , and then post the door god after closing, this is so as not to affect the business and make more money. In ancient times, there was a comparison. A discerning family will hang two lights in front of the door to symbolize the eyes of the door god. From New Year\’s Eve to the first day of the lunar month, they will buy some tributes and offer them in front of the door, asking the door god to bless the family\’s coming and going safely. Finally, what to post. Door gods are also particular. If you are doing business, you can choose the boy who attracts wealth and the god who brings blessings. Officials, five-way gods of wealth, etc.; if your family is working in an official career, you can choose civil servant door gods such as Hai Rui and Bao Qingtian, which symbolize officials\’ integrity and promotion; there is also a general door god, who can guard the house and ward off evil spirits. Used, such as images of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, etc.

In addition to the door god, the biggest thing about pasting the word \”福\” is that if your home has a single door, you must put the word \”福\” in the middle. That’s it. If your home is a double door If so, then each door must have a blessing character posted on it. When posting the character blessing on the front door, it must have the good meaning of \”receiving blessings\”. When you paste the character blessing on other places. , you can post it upside down, which means good luck.

The customs of pasting Spring Festival couplets, door gods, and blessing characters are somewhat different across the country. I don’t know. Is it clear? What I said is for reference only. I hope it will be helpful to you. I also wish you a happy new year through this article. I wish you a good family, a good career, a good mood, good people, good things, and everything else. Good luck in the Year of the Tiger!