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The Spring Festival did not slow down her pace because of Elena's entanglement, and still came as promised.

On the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve, men need to go to the cemetery to worship their ancestors after breakfast, most of the ancestor worship activities in the northern countryside are simple and rough, revealing the crisp and bold personality of the north, after the pork pot stew in the morning, housewives begin to operate steamed buns, and after the first pot of steamed buns is steamed, the men go to the cemetery.

Offerings such as buns, cigarettes and alcohol are placed in front of the graves of close relatives, burning paper money for the elders, and then kowtowing from the ancestors to the ancestors of each room in turn, and finally starting to set off firecrackers, the firecrackers can be packed up and go home, the process is simple, there is no mud and water, there is no serious process, just the awe and respect of the ancestors in the heart.

At noon, simply eat a few steamed buns, the focus is still in the evening, not only a sumptuous dinner, the family toasts together to review the big and small events of the year, looking forward to a happy life next year, this is a later story, the most important thing at noon is to paste the Spring Festival couplets.

Spring couplets, originated from peach charms. According to the Book of Etiquette of the Later Han Dynasty, the peach charm is six inches long and three inches wide, and the names of the ghost gods "Shen Tu" and "Yu Lei" are written on the peach board. "On the first day of the first lunar month, the peach charm is in the household, the name is immortal, and the ghosts are afraid. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty's "Yanjing Shi Sui Ji" recorded: "The Spring Festival couplets are peach charms." ”

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, in the court, someone inscribed couplets on the peach symbols. "History of the Song Dynasty: The Shu Family" said: Meng Chang, the lord of Later Shu, ordered the scholar Xin Yinxun to inscribe the peach wood board, "with his non-work, the self-appointed pen inscription cloud: 'New Year's Yuqing.'" Jiajie Changchun'", this is China's second Spring Festival couplet.

Until the Song Dynasty. Spring Festival couplets are still called "peach symbols". In Wang Anshi's poems, there is a sentence "Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one". Song dynasty. The peach charm was changed from a peach board to paper, called "spring stickers" and "spring couplets". This custom began in the Song Dynasty and became popular in the Ming Dynasty, and in the Qing Dynasty, the ideological and artistic qualities of the Spring Festival couplets have been greatly improved.

According to the different customs in different places, the time of sticking the Spring Festival is also slightly different, from the twenty-third day of the lunar month to the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, but most of them are concentrated on the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth days of the lunar month. Zeng Gong's hometown is the thirtieth day of the lunar month, and it can be pasted after eating in the morning. However, most people are accustomed to having lunch before posting Spring Festival couplets.

Nowadays, with the acceleration of the pace of social life, there is no original charm, thousands of Spring Festival couplets are printed out of the factory every year, countless twin sisters, meaning nothing more than 'fortune', 'family happiness' and the like, there has long been no due novelty, and even some of the company's advertisements are also grandiose on the Spring Festival couplets, fortunately, everyone is not so concerned, and the Spring Festival couplets are nothing more than the joy in their hearts.

"Yes. Let's hurry up and post the Spring Festival couplets, I haven't posted them yet. Elena seemed to be very interested in such things as sticking Spring Festival couplets, and she couldn't wait to finish eating at noon, urging Zeng Gong to leave quickly.

It's still early. Wait, it's easy. Zeng Gong pointed to the couplets and adhesive tapes that had been divided, and said easily.

"Zeng Gong. You and Elena can post it, it won't take much time anyway. "Mom saw Elena's impatientness. Hurriedly urging his somewhat lazy son to work.

Helpless, Zeng Gong had no choice but to get up. Picking up the couplet and adhesive tape and walking outside, Elena followed excitedly, her smiling face excited and a little more charming.

The color of peach wood is red, and red has the meaning of auspiciousness and warding off evil, so most of the Spring Festival couplets are written on red paper. But the temple uses yellow paper, the old man in the family has passed away, and the younger generation generally does not post the red couplets for three years from that year, and the system is written on blue paper, and the red couplets can be pasted in the fourth year.

The Spring Festival is celebrated all over the world, so in addition to sticking the Spring Festival couplets at the door of each house, the pig house, chicken and duck house and other places should also be pasted couplets, implying the prosperity of the six animals, the format is generally full of chickens and ducks, the cattle and sheep are flocks, and the six animals are prosperous. There is also a couplet of the gods: the Spring Festival couplet of "Stove King" is: The heavens say good things, and the lower world descends auspicious. It means that the god of the stove said more good things when he reported to the Jade Emperor after going to heaven, and when he came back, he was more auspicious, commonly known as sending the god of the stove. The Spring Festival couplets of the "Lord of the Land" are: white jade is born in the soil, and gold grows in the ground. It means that as long as you work hard, you can get a harvest in the land. The Spring Festival couplets of "Heaven and Earth" are: the sky is high and covers all things, and the earth is thick and full of people. The big trees in the yard need to be labeled with "big trees with deep roots", the walls in the yard need to be pasted with "bright spring", the walls of the home by the kang need to be pasted with "happiness and health", and the kitchen needs to be pasted with "diligence and thrift".

However, Zeng Gong is very simple here, the Spring Festival couplets are posted at the door, the wall opposite the gate is pasted with 'going out to see the joy', the pigsty is pasted with 'fat pigs are full of circles', the car is pasted with 'the car travels thousands of miles, people and vehicles are always safe', and the master bedroom is pasted with 'population safety'.

Zeng Gong went out and held the broom in his hand, there is no custom of picking the Spring Festival in his hometown, and after sticking it on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, he just waited for it to fall off naturally.

"Elena, wait, I'll clean the dust off the door. Zeng Gong stopped Elena who was excitedly gesturing back and forth with the Spring Festival couplets.

The climate in North China is relatively dry, not only in the haze, but also in the dusty weather whenever the wind blows, even people who are accustomed to the climate in North China are very helpless.

"Alright, Elena, post it here. "It's almost time to clean up, Zeng Gong commanded Elena to straighten the Spring Festival couplets, and then fixed them with adhesive tape, all in one go, and a pair of couplets can be done in two or three minutes.

Please go to Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong, the two door gods, and paste the couplets of the 'Go out and see you' gate on the wall opposite the door, and it's easy to get it.

"It's beautiful. Elena happily looked at the fruits of her labor, and then said excitedly: "Zeng, how about asking Sanders to put Spring Festival couplets on Qinglian Ranch as well?"

"Are there any Spring Festival couplets sold in Montana?" Zeng Gong was not good at disturbing Elena who was in excitement, and he raised his hands to approve of the Spring Festival couplets, but he didn't know if Montana sold Spring Festival couplets.

Montana has a small population, even fewer Chinese, not to mention whether there is anti-Chinese sentiment here, in today's Spring Festival is becoming more and more important around the world, the Spring Festival is still not listed as a legal holiday in Montana, it is estimated that Montana does not have this thing, California must have, it is too late to buy.

"Didn't you know there was such a thing as a courier in this world?" said Elena with a smile on her face.

"I'm afraid it's too late, tomorrow is the Spring Festival, and we in China don't have the custom of sticking Spring Festival couplets on the Spring Festival. Zeng Gong said with some concern.

"How come, North America is one day less than here, and tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve." Elena said wisely.

"I'll inform Sanders now. Zeng Gong nodded, took out his mobile phone and called Sanders. (To be continued.) )