Spring Festival couplets, commonly known as "door-to-door" and "spring post", are a kind of couplets. Because they are posted during the Spring Festival, they are called Spring Festival couplets. One source of Spring Festival couplets is Taofu. At first, people carved figures in mahogany and hung them by the door to ward off evil spirits. Later, they painted the door gods on the mahogany, and then simplified them to write the names of the door gods on the mahogany board. Another source of Spring Festival couplets is spring stickers. The ancients posted the word "Yichun" in beginning of spring every day.
The real popularization of Spring Festival couplets began in the Ming Dynasty, which was related to Zhu Yuanzhang's advocacy. According to historical records, one year before the Chinese New Year, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered every door to put up a pair of Spring Festival couplets to celebrate. Originally, the Spring Festival couplets were inscribed on the mahogany board, and later rewritten on paper. The color of mahogany is red, which means auspiciousness and avoiding evil, so most Spring Festival couplets are written in red paper.
Spring Festival couplets can be called the original artistic wonder of the Chinese nation, which is deeply loved by generations of people because of its characteristics of appreciating elegance and vulgarity. Someone once summed up the Spring Festival couplets like this: "Two lines of words support the heavens and the earth; A pair of couplets, commenting on the ancient Han Dynasty. "
Sticking Spring Festival couplets is an important folk custom in the New Year. On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household should put up red Spring Festival couplets. A pair of festive and warm Spring Festival couplets expresses people's good wishes to welcome the new year and look forward to a new life.
Eating New Year's Eve is the most lively and enjoyable time for every household in the Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve, a table was filled with rich new year's dishes, and the whole family was reunited, sitting around the table, and having a family reunion dinner, the sense of fulfillment in my heart was really unspeakable. People not only enjoy the delicious food on the table, but also enjoy the happy atmosphere. There are big dishes, cold dishes, hot fried dishes and snacks on the table. Generally, two things are indispensable, one is hot pot, and the other is fish.