Spring couplets are must have items for the Chinese New Year. Families would clean the house, take down spring couplets from the past year and put up the new ones. It's usually taped to both sides of the door. They are usually words of blessings, good fortunes, prosperity, and new hopes. Traditionally, it is in calligraphy writings and the amount of words on both side of the door matches each other. On the door, you can put up words or pictures for good luck. But in the U.S, many families buy spring couplets to decorate the house. We don't really write them in calligraphy, similar to the picture below.
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