“The Spring Couplet”, also called “couplet” and “a pair of antithetical phrases”, is a special form of literature in China. The Spring Couplet is composed of two antithetical sentences on both sides of the door and a horizontal scroll bearing an inscription, usually an auspicious phrase, above the gate. The sentence pasting on the right side of the door is called the first line of the couplet and the one on the left the second line. On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household will paste on doors a spring couplet written on red paper to give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival. In the past, the Chinese usually wrote their own spring couplet with a brush or asked others to do for them, while nowadays, it is common for people to buy the printed spring couplet in the market.
Spring scrolls and New Year paintings are always stuck on the doors and walls of a family. The content of the spring scrolls are various. Generally, the scrolls stuck on the door is to show the family status and the happiness to welcome the New Year; walking in, you will see the scroll about luck, such as "Raise your head and see happiness (Tai Tou Jian Xi)" and "Everything looks fresh and gay"; on the door of the room, there are always scrolls about longevity and blessing; on the door of shops always write wishes for prosperous business; beside the kitchen god's portrait, the scroll with earnest hope is
stuck; on the grain bin, wishes for good harvest are written...
But the families could not stick New Year scrolls for three years if some of their relatives has/have passed away. The most popular contents of the New Year paintings are mainly chicken, fish, children, flowers and the god of wealth. In some places, red paper-cuts are posted to the window.
1、The Chinese paste spring couplets on the gateposts when celebrating Spring Festival. Spring scrolls, also known as spring posts, are poems written on red rice paper to celebrate the New Year.
中国人在庆祝春节的时候会在门柱上贴春联。春联,也叫春贴,是人为庆祝春节在红色纸上写下的诗句。
2、As with the couplets," door gods "are also hung on doors to pray for the peace and happiness of the family.
与贴春联的目的一样,贴门神也是为了祈求全家的福寿康宁。
3、She plants vegetables in the field herself, and puts up spring couplets on the door during the lunar new year.
她在自家的小院里种菜,农历新年里在门上贴春联。
4、On the eve of the Spring Festival, my father and I had the red antithetical Spring Festival couplets on our doors.
在春节前夕,也就是大年三十,爸爸和我在门上贴了春联。
5、In China, on the last day of the lunar year, the eve of Spring Festival, or the Chinese New Year, every household is busy putting door gods or spring festival couplets on their doors.
春节要到了,来提前渲染一下气氛吧!除夕、拜年、春联、春晚、庙会、压岁钱、中国结…年味十足的春节英文小知识,给外国朋友介绍中国传统文化时用得上!接下来我整理了如何用英语来介绍春联,文章希望大家喜欢! Spring Festival couplets spring festival couplets refer to antithetical couplets written on scrolls which convey people's wishes for peace, fortune and good luck with concise and matching words. before the spring festival arrives, chinese people will paste all their door panels with the couplets, highlighting chinese calligraphy with black characters on red paper. chinese have always preferred the color red, as it stands for passion and good fortune. personally, i think the colors for spring festival couplets - red and black - classically beautiful. the content of the couplets varies from house owners' wishes for a bright future to good luck for the year. also, pictures of the god of doors and wealth will be posted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and welcome peace and abundance. the custom of writing couplets on peach panels started in the tang dynasty (618-907), and became popular in the song dynasty (960-1279). the couplets earned their official name from zhu yuanzhang, the emperor who began the ming dynasty (1368-1644) and had become a form of art by the qing dynasty (1644-1911). people used to paste couplets on doorposts, door panels and lintel, as well as on furniture and screen wall. in the courtyard they had "spring sunshine bright." in the living room they had "graceful friends around," "treasures fill the home" and "wishes for good fortune." even over the bed they pasted "bliss of health." writing the couplets was in fact a kind of competition in folk wisdom and calligraphy attended by every family. nowadays, however, few people write their own couplets, with plenty of choices offered in shops.