A paper-cut of the Chinese character "spring". [Photo/IC]

Posting spring calligraphy and paintings
剪春花貼春字

The custom of posting calligraphy and paintings on one's door in the spring first appeared during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). People would do so to welcome spring and pray for good luck on the first day of Start of Spring.
在門上剪春花貼春字的習俗源自唐朝。人們以此表達迎接春天到來之意，并祈求好運降臨。