When is the Spring Festival couplets posted? Is there any particular time for posting Spring Festival couplets?

The biggest and most lively festival in our country is the Spring Festival. There are many traditional activities on this day, such as the Spring Festival custom of pasting couplets. So, which day do we post Spring Festival couplets? There are many things to pay attention to when pasting Spring Festival couplets. Come and learn about them. If you paste them correctly, good fortune will come first!

Which day is it to post Spring Festival couplets?

There is no strict regulation on the specific day for posting Spring Festival couplets. The time for posting Spring Festival couplets varies from place to place. According to different local customs, the time for posting couplets during the New Year also varies slightly. As the saying goes, "On the 28th, put up flowers", and in some places there is a folk song that goes "On the 29th, put up upside-down You (meaning putting up Spring Festival couplets)". Therefore, in some places, Spring Festival couplets are usually posted on the 28th or 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. There is another saying that Spring Festival couplets should be posted between 6 a.m. and 12 noon on New Year's Eve. In addition, some people start pasting them after the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month and continue until before eating New Year’s Eve dumplings on New Year’s Eve, but they cannot paste them on the first day of the New Year.

There are two most common times to post Spring Festival couplets

1. Every year on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month in the afternoon (13:00 to 15:00). Posting Spring Festival couplets at this time and tearing off the old ones means a prosperous new year.

2. Between 6 a.m. and 12 noon on New Year’s Eve every year, tear up the old Spring Festival couplets and throw them away. All good things will happen this year.

The meaning of posting Spring Festival couplets

Spring Festival couplets are special scrolls hung during the Spring Festival. Their main function is to ward off evil spirits and bring prosperity to the family. They are often posted at doorways, livestock pens, cars, wells, etc. in order to pray for peace and prosperity in the new year. Because Spring Festival couplets have unique meanings, we should pay attention to the relevant taboos when posting them, especially the choice of auspicious days for posting them.

There is a mythical legend among the people: Spring Festival couplets represent the gods in heaven. When the couplets are torn, they will ascend to heaven and report the situation of every household to the Jade Emperor, hoping that the gods can bring good luck to the families in the folk. Tearing up old Spring Festival couplets means getting rid of bad luck and starting anew.