With only a dozen days left before the Spring Festival, many families have begun to prepare for the new year. There are many traditional customs during the Spring Festival in China, but there are different reasons from regions, and the customs of the Spring Festival are different in different places. However, it is almost a custom that people all over the country should follow before the Spring Festival. So how to paste Spring Festival couplets during the Spring Festival? How to distinguish between upper and lower couplets must have troubled many people. The small editor of this article will tell you about the methods of pasting Spring Festival couplets and distinguishing upper and lower couplets during the Spring Festival.
How to paste couplets
It is a traditional Chinese custom to paste couplets on the 30th or 29th of the lunar new year. Pasting couplets implies the desire to ward off evil spirits, eliminate disasters, welcome good luck and accept good fortune. Generally speaking, the pasting method of couplets depends on the category of couplets.
The correct pasting method is to face the gate, the upper couplet is pasted on the right side of the gate, the lower couplet is pasted on the left side of the gate, and the horizontal inscription is pasted and hung between the couplets (also known as couplets).
How to divide couplets into upper and lower couplets
Most people know the order of reading couplets, but they can't distinguish the upper and lower couplets when posting couplets. When people face the couplet, the upper couplet is on the right and the lower couplet is on the left.
1. According to the tone of the word. The upper and lower couplets of couplets should be distinguished from the flat tone of the last word. The last word in the upper couplet is Ze sound (i.e. the third and fourth tones of Chinese pronunciation), and the lower couplet is Ping sound (generally referring to the first and second tones).
2. In chronological order. Generally speaking, the couplet with time before is the upper couplet, and the couplet with time after is the lower couplet. In other words, the first thing to do is the upper couplet, and the last thing to do is the lower couplet. Such as' the door welcomes spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the door is auspicious in the East, West, North and South ';' Flowers are planted in the courtyard all the year round, and the door is decorated to make the whole family happy '.
3. According to the left and right directions. This is the simplest way to divide up and down. Generally, the upper couplet is pasted on the right and the lower couplet is pasted on the left. This is because straight writing is from right to left, so reading couplets is also from right to left.
4. Language habit distinction. For example, 'happiness is like the East China Sea, long water, longevity is better than Nanshan, not old pine', these are well-known language sequences. Another example is' both happiness and longevity ', but there is no saying of' both longevity and happiness'.
5. According to the scene range. Such as' happy new year every year, full moon ';' A city of flowers and rain, strong mountains and rivers, full of spring breeze, sun and moon '. In terms of time, the year is bigger than the month. In terms of space, the city is bigger than the courtyard, that is, in terms of time, space and specific things, it is generally from large to small.