Spring Couplets & Door Gods Set · 春联门神礼盒
Spring Couplets & Door Gods Set · 春联门神礼盒
The Year of the Goat, at your door
One set for the front door and one scroll for inside: spring couplets, a lintel banner, the 招财进宝 square and a pair of door gods to keep the door, and a Shenxiao talisman calendar to hang in the southwest corner for the whole of 2027, the year of 丁未.
01 · Spring couplets
The earth holds a hundred blessings
Spring couplets are pairs of lines pasted either side of the door at Lunar New Year. These two both begin with the earth: 坤载百福门庭旺, “the earth holds a hundred blessings, and the house flourishes”, and 地呈千祥家业兴, “the land offers a thousand good omens, and the family’s fortunes rise”.
Above the door goes the banner 喜气盈庭, “joy fills the courtyard”. In the middle of the door, the square 招财进宝: four characters, “bring in wealth, let treasure in”, drawn as a single glyph.
Each character sits in its own gold-ringed circle, in the manner of seal script, on red paper flecked with gold.
In the year of 丁未, a pair of red papers: the virtue of heaven and earth above, the wishes of the household below.
02 · Door gods
Two guardians, face to face
The story goes that the Tang emperor Taizong could not sleep for the spirits troubling his palace at night, until his generals Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong stood guard at the gate in their armour. Their portraits were later painted on the gate in their place, and so they became the door gods of every house. Pasted face to face, they keep ill fortune out and see the household safely in and out.
Put up once a year, they keep the door, and they set the heart at ease.
03 · The Shenxiao talisman calendar
One talisman for one year
Shenxiao (神霄, the “Divine Empyrean”) is a school of Daoist ritual that grew out of the Heavenly Masters tradition at the end of the Northern Song, in the early twelfth century. It is known for its thunder rites and thunder talismans, and takes its name from the highest of the nine heavens in the Scripture of Salvation (度人经). Its best-known masters were Wang Wenqing and Lin Lingsu, and Emperor Huizong championed it at court.
This talisman is drawn in cinnabar, the colour of pure yang, in cloud-seal script whose strokes run on without a break. It reads from top to bottom, head, core and foot: drawing on the breath of the Three Pure Ones, holding the command that keeps the house, and closing back into one.
Where it hangs. In the southwest corner of the living room or a bedroom: the position of 坤 (kun), which is the earth, the mother and the storehouse, and stands for a peaceful home and savings kept. A settled house keeps its people well; a full storehouse keeps the family’s fortunes running smoothly.
Below the talisman is the whole calendar of 2027. One talisman for one year, renewed with each calendar, the days and months turning under its care.
04 · Putting it up
Each piece in its place
- Facing the door, the upper couplet goes on the right and the lower couplet on the left, with the banner above the lintel.
- The 招财进宝 square goes in the middle of the door, turned as a diamond.
- The door gods go on the upper half of the two door leaves, facing each other.
- The talisman calendar hangs indoors, in the southwest corner of the living room or a bedroom.
Couplets and door gods are traditionally put up on the last day of the lunar year, after taking down last year’s and wiping the door. For the year of 丁未 that is 5 February 2027; the new year begins on 6 February.
In the set
| Piece | Size | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Spring couplets, upper and lower | 110 × 18 cm | 1 each |
| Lintel banner 喜气盈庭 | 55 × 18 cm | 1 |
| The 招财进宝 square | 33 × 33 cm | 1 |
| Door gods, left and right | 21 × 29.7 cm | 1 each |
| Shenxiao talisman calendar, hanging scroll | 40 × 105 cm | 1 |
May your door always thrive, your house prosper, and wealth and joy come together.
丁未年 · 贺岁福包
一套给大门，一幅给屋里：春联、横批、招财进宝与一对门神守住门庭；再配一幅神霄派符箓日历，悬于坤位，护佑整个丁未年（2027）。
一 · 春联
坤载百福，地呈千祥
两联都从「坤」「地」起笔。坤为厚土，载物无声，百福自坤元而生，聚于一门；地献嘉祥，应时而来，家业因春气而长，兴于四时。
横批「喜气盈庭」，满门和气；方联「招财进宝」四字合为一字，贴在门的正中，四序丰盈。
字取篆意，一字一圆，衬金色水纹，红笺洒金。
丁未之年，红笺一对，上承天地之德，下寄人间之愿。
二 · 门神
一左一右，守门护宅
相传唐太宗夜里为鬼祟所扰、不得安寝，大将秦琼与尉迟恭披甲守在宫门，从此相安无事；后来人们把二位的画像贴在门上，便成了家家户户的门神。这一对左右相对而立，怒目护门：邪祟不入，出入平安。
一年一贴，守的是门，安的是心。
三 · 神霄符箓日历
一年一符，随历更新
神霄派是北宋末年从天师道一脉兴起的道教符箓派，以雷法、雷符著称；派名取自《度人经》九霄之中最高的一重「神霄」。王文卿、林灵素是其代表人物，宋徽宗时备受推崇。
这幅符以朱砂落笔，取朱为正阳之色；云篆连笔盘结，一笔贯通，气脉不断。符体自上而下分符头、符胆、符脚：承三清之气，藏镇宅之令，收束归元。
挂在哪里：客厅或卧室的西南角，也就是坤位。坤为地、为母、为库，主家宅安宁与财帛积蓄。镇宅者安宅气，催财者旺财库；宅安则人安，财库旺则家运顺。
符下配丁未年（2027）全年月历，一年一符、随历更新；日月流转，护佑相续。
四 · 怎么贴
各归其位
- 面对大门，上联贴右、下联贴左，横批贴在门楣上方。
- 「招财进宝」方联贴在门的正中，菱形摆放。
- 门神贴在两扇门的上部，面朝相对。
- 符箓日历挂在屋内客厅或卧室的西南角。
春联与门神习惯在除夕当天贴好，先揭下旧的、把门面擦净再贴。丁未年的除夕是 2027 年 2 月 5 日，正月初一是 2 月 6 日。
规格
| 内容 | 尺寸 | 数量 |
|---|---|---|
| 春联（上联、下联） | 110 × 18 cm | 各 1 条 |
| 横批「喜气盈庭」 | 55 × 18 cm | 1 条 |
| 方联「招财进宝」 | 33 × 33 cm | 1 张 |
| 门神（左、右） | 21 × 29.7 cm | 各 1 张 |
| 神霄符箓日历（竖幅卷轴） | 40 × 105 cm | 1 幅 |
愿门庭常旺，家业长兴，财喜相兼。
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