spring festival scrolls
Spring couplets, also known as "spring paste", "door pair", "couplets", is posted during the Spring Festival of the red festive elements "Nian red" a kind of. It depicts beautiful images and expresses good wishes in neat, concise and exquisite words. It is a unique literary form in China and an important custom for Chinese New Year. When people put up Nian Hong (Spring couplets, Fu characters, window cuts, etc.) on their doorsteps, it means that the Spring Festival has officially started. During the Spring Festival, no matter in urban or rural areas, every family will pick beautiful red spring couplets and paste them on the door to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the New Year, increasing the festive atmosphere.
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