Fu Tao: In ancient times, hanging two red boards or papers with the door gods painted or written on them to ward off evil spirits was equivalent to the door gods.
Couplet: It is a kind of couplet, which refers to the couplet posted on the door during the Chinese New Year or when there is a wedding ceremony.
Spring stickers: Spring stickers are also called Spring Festival couplets and blessing stickers. In Cantonese, they are called Swing Spring, and in Minnan, they are called Zai Chun. They are traditional holiday decorations used during the Spring Festival in China. The auspicious words of the New Year are written in beautiful calligraphy on paper, usually posted on walls and doors.
Spring Festival couplets: Spring Festival couplets, also known as "spring stickers", "door pairs" and "couplets", are one of the red festive elements "Year Red" posted during the New Year.
Types of couplets:
1, general couplets-such as Spring Festival couplets; The hall is surrounded by purple gas, and the spring in the court adds to the birthday.
2. Special couplets-tea couplets, birthday couplets, wedding couplets, elegiac couplets, industry couplets, motto couplets, gift couplets and question-and-answer couplets.
3. Spring Festival couplets: special couplets for the New Year. Such as: Kyushu willow spits green; Peach and apricot compete for spring in May.
4. Greeting couplets: used for birthday, wedding, housewarming, having children, opening business and other festive occasions. Such as: a pair of red hearts for the four modernizations; Two new hand-painted pictures. (Xi Lian), as happy as the East China Sea; Life is better than Nanshan. (the first couplet).
5. elegiac couplet: used to mourn the dead. For example, books have a strong future and will shock the world; Let the spirit shine forever and then benefit the people.
6. Gift giving: praise or encourage others to use it. Such as: wind, rain, reading, the sound in the ear; Family affairs, state affairs and everything in the world care about everything.