Paper scrolls are normally put on both sides of the doorway.
春聯一般貼在門的兩邊。
There are certain strict rules to mirror the words, like if there is a character on the left-hand side that says, sky,for example.
詞的對仗有很嚴格的規定,如果左聯上有一字,比如「天」。
there should be won on the right-hand side saying ground, and if there is rain, is wind,if there is red,there is green.
右聯就必須有個「地」,「雨」對「風」,「紅」對「綠」。
So it is kind of a thing that brings good blessing and good wishes for the New Year.
因此是語意萬千希望新年帶來祝福和好運。
春聯的英語說法:
春聯的英語是Spring Festival couplets; New Year scrolls;也有直接叫Chinese Couplets,Spring Couplets,Chinese New Year Couplets等等。選擇自己喜歡的記憶即可,關於春聯的知識你知多少,不妨來測測吧。
① 貼春聯:Paste spring festival couplets
(其他的貼「福」字,窗花等等,都可以用paste表達哦。)
② 上聯/下聯:first line/second line
當然,也可以稱作upper scroll/lower scroll(scroll表示捲筒,春聯沒有展開之前就是捲成紙卷的呀。)通常上下聯都比較押韻(They are rhyming。)
③ 橫批:春聯頂上的4個字(four characters)
我們英語叫horizontal scroll,horizontal表示水平的哦,那跟他相對的垂直的我們可以說vertical喲。所以豎聯(上聯下聯)可以統稱為vertical scroll啦。)
④ 春聯組成
對於上下聯要有對稱結構(parallel structures),而橫批是兩個豎聯意思的總結與點睛之筆,通常是四字組合啦。(The horizontal scroll sums up the two lines 『meaning, and it is usually a four-character phrase.)
⑤ 張貼時間
通常來講,春聯最好是年29(the 29th of lunar December,注意我們的陰曆就是用lunar表示,比如說大年初一可以說the 1st of lunar January)那天張貼,時間選擇下午一點到三點哦。
責編:阿K