Do you want to read the couplets on the left or on the right first?

The reading method of Spring Festival couplets is the same as that of China's ancient books. They read vertically from top to bottom and from right to left. On the right side of the door; The bottom line is on the left of the door. Of course, the fundamental way to distinguish is to look at the flat tone of the last word of the couplet. The flat tone (the third and fourth tones) is the upper part, and the flat tone (the first and second tones) is the lower part.

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The first part: Farewell to the old year (right) is the fourth sound of the old year amid firecrackers.

Part II: Plum blossoms herald spring (left), and spring is the first sound.

Part I: The days are getting longer and the years are getting longer (Part I)

Bottom line: Spring Man, Kun Man and Fu Man (below)

Part I: Prosperous business leads to the whole world (Part I)

The second part: the financial resources are abundant in the three rivers (part two)

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Buying and pasting Spring Festival couplets is not only to cater to the taste of the year, but also to symbolize the good omen of the New Year.

But many people don't know that the selection and posting of Spring Festival couplets are very particular, especially in the text and posting methods of Spring Festival couplets, which must conform to the traditional rules.

Wang Gang, president of Xi's couplet association, said: "Spring Festival couplets are the most common and ceremonial cultural form in China culture, with rules in content, hanging time, way and carrier."

He believes that in terms of content, Spring Festival couplets require the use of neat and even "auspicious words"; In the hanging time, it is best to hang yourself on New Year's Eve afternoon. In the way of hanging, we should follow the ancient writing order from right to left, with the upper couplet on the right and the lower couplet on the left, that is, facing the gate and hanging couplets on the right hand side.

You can judge the last word in the Spring Festival couplets by posting them. The last word of the sentence in the Spring Festival couplets is the first couplet, that is, the conjunction; The last word, one or two tones, is the bottom line, that is, the flat voice. However, he believes: "Horizontal batch can be written from left to right according to modern writing habits.

In addition, Spring Festival couplets have high requirements for carriers, which should be written on red paper. Spring Festival couplets, which prevailed in the Tang and Five Dynasties, were first carved on mahogany, and were written with spring stickers in the Song Dynasty. It was not until Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, vigorously promoted them and stipulated that Spring Festival couplets should be written in black ink on the basis of "vermilion paper" that Spring Festival couplets ushered in a prosperous era.

"The reason why red paper is used is because the Han people have regarded latosolic red as auspicious since the beginning of the week." Wang Gang said. This group/reporter Gong Weifang Intern Zhang Nan

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