贴春联(Spring Festival couplets) 是中国人欢度春节的一个重要习俗。春联由一对诗句和四字横批(horizontal scroll) 组成,诗句和横批用金色或黑色写在红纸上,红色代表幸运,金色代表财富。春联贴在大门左右两侧和门框上方。春联的诗句体现中国传统诗词的特点,两句诗的字数相同、内容相关。横批凸显春联的主题,更是锦上添花。春联以简洁的文字描绘生动的形象,抒发美好的愿望。
当家家户户贴春联时,人们就会意识到春节已经正式拉开序幕。
Pasting Spring Festival couplets is an important custom for Chinese people to celebrate the Spring Festival. The couplets consist of a pair of poetry lines and a four-character horizontal scroll, which are written in gold or black on red paper, with red representing luck and gold symbolizing wealth. Spring Festival couplets are pasted on the left and right sides of the front door and above the doorframe. The lines of the Spring Festival couplets reflect the characteristics of traditional Chinese poetry, with the two lines having the same number of words and related content. The horizontal scroll highlights the theme of Spring Festival couplets, which is the icing on the cake. Spring Festival couplets depict vivid images in simple words and express good wishes. When every family sticks Spring Festival couplets, people will realize that the Spring Festival has officially begun.