Why are green Spring Festival couplets posted on rural gates?

The green Spring Festival stickers posted in Dalian in rural areas must be due to the death of a family member! In some areas of Jiangsu, if someone in the family dies, the Spring Festival will not be red for three consecutive years, but white in the first year, yellow in the second year, and green in the third year. This is a ritual to commemorate the immortal and express respect for the immortal. To commemorate ancestors, in the past, no matter what official position you lived in, you had to observe filial piety for three years. Most people in today's time can already post the red Dalian after three years.

Do you know why the Spring Festival couplets on rural stickers are green? The Spring Festival is the most solemn festival of the Chinese nation. In order to celebrate the festival, people all over the country have the custom of pasting Spring Festival couplets to express congratulations. A house with red couplets on the door represents the health, harmony, happiness and auspiciousness of the whole family.

So why do some rural people post green couplets during the Spring Festival? The Chinese nation is a country of loyalty, filial piety, propriety and justice. The green spring couplets are filial piety couplets. An old man passed away at home. In the first Spring Festival, couplets written on green paper must be pasted, and in the second year, couplets written on yellow paper must be pasted. Red couplets can only be posted after the medicine is almost three years old.

When you go out for three to five miles, the customs are different. In some places, the elderly do not post couplets within three years of their death. In some places, they do not post couplets on white paper or yellow paper during the Spring Festival. People do not post couplets on green paper, yellow paper, or white paper during the Spring Festival. Or green paper Spring Festival couplets, yellow paper Spring Festival couplets, and white paper Spring Festival couplets are family members' thoughts on the deceased. Don't ask why. This is a custom that people are raised by their parents throughout life and go to heaven after their parents die. The green pair of Shouxiao New Year stickers represent the loving memory of parents. Chinese virtues must be passed down and carried forward today.

In our memory, Dalian is generally red. During the Chinese New Year, many family members paste red couplets on their doors, adding auspicious words and phrases to the festive colors, adding a strong festive atmosphere. But in some rural areas, you can see Dalian in various colors during the Spring Festival, even green Dalian. Is this environmental protection or does it represent something?

It turns out that in some places, couplets of different colors represent different colors. We see the most couplets of colors. Usually red and white, red is festive and festive, white represents funeral, also known as know-it-all. China's tradition has a long history, and various customs have been passed down from generation to generation. In ancient times, they were passed down from parents at home

Generally, when an adult dies, a white or black couplet is posted at home. This is to use more elegant colors and a solemn atmosphere to mourn the ancestors. Later, different colors are used to express different meanings. If you see couplets of different colors at other people's doors, you should pay attention to your words or greetings. Because this color couplet means something bad has happened to the family.