Crossword is Welcome Spring and Receive Blessings, which is pasted at the top.
The first couplet is "New Year's Luck", which is pasted on the right side, and the right side is the top.
The next couplet is "Good Year, Good Fortune", which is pasted on the left side, with the left side as the bottom.
Expanded:
Methods of posting couplets:
One, the traditional posting method.
Traditional couplets of the banner is written from right to left, as in ancient books, to read from right to left, such as the banner "spring breeze benefit me", it becomes "I benefit the wind spring". When posting the couplets, first paste the banner in the center of the lintel. Then the first couplet is pasted on the right side of the banner (facing the door) and the second couplet is pasted on the left side of the banner. Posting, according to the length of the couplet to determine the height of the couplet distance, but also pay attention to the upper and lower couplets on both sides to be aligned with the right.
The second is the modern method.
This method of posting is also considered to be with the times, because I do not know when to start, printing couplets all over the world, beautifully printed, has gradually been accepted. Some printers simply do not understand the rules of the couplet, couplet banner printed from left to right, such as banner "spring", in accordance with modern books read. In this case, the posting of couplets, but also to prevail in the banner, so that the first couplet should be posted on the left, and the second couplet should be posted to the right. This method of posting is just the opposite of the traditional method of posting.
Three is a three-pillar joint method.
With the progress of the society, the construction form of private houses nowadays is mostly three columns and two rooms, two doors side by side. As a result, some people started to post three-pillar couplets. The so-called three-pillar couplet, which is a combination of one than the upper couplet and two than the lower couplet or two than the upper couplet and one than the lower couplet, is mainly used for the posting of two doors and three pillars. It breaks the traditional pattern of "one horizontal and two vertical couplets" and requires "two horizontal and three vertical couplets".
References:
Chinese New Year's Eve - Baidu Encyclopedia