About Chinese Language

Putting the door gads or changing the door gods as well as putting up spring scrolls are import custom among the Chinese during the spring festival. On the eve of Chinese Luna New Year, people will put up new door gods and spring scrolls.
Legend has it that long long ago, in China, in the eastern sea, there was a mountain called “Du Shuo Mountain”. On the mountain there was a great peach tree; one of the branches was so huge that it reached the bottom of the mountain, forming a huge gate. On this mountain lived many monsters, they had to pass through this gate to leave the mountain. There were two gods guarding at this gate to prevent the monsters from descending on earth to do evil. They were “Shen Tu” and “Yu Lei”. Whenever Shen Tu and Yu Lei discovered monsters doing mischief, they tied it up with straw ropes and fed it to tiger. Soon, monsters on mountain no longer dared leaving it.
That’s why each New Year, people carved images of two gods on peach wood and hang them on the two sides of the gate. The tradition has continued ever since. People believe that they can protect the family from evils. The carving of the two gods is called Peach Talismans. From Tang Dynasty（618 - 907 AD）, the gods painting on Peach Talismans had changed to famous generals at that time. It was said to have something related to the Emperor Taizong. The images of the gods are different from areas. Whoever they are, the door gods must in pairs.
Gradually, paper has taken the place of wood. Nowadays, Gods of Door are painted on red paper. The images of the two gods are majestic awful, most of the time, they’re armed in order to frighten the evils.
The spring scrolls is evolved from door gods. In the Five Dynasties, the king of Hou Su wrote auspicious phrases on two Peach Talismans to celebrate the spring festival. “New Year enjoys the celebration; happy holiday ushers in the spring.” This is regards as China’s earliest spring scrolls. From then on, verses appeared on Peach Talismans, together with Door Gods, they’re common delectation. By Ming Dynasty, paper has taken the place of wood and the name was changed into “spring scrolls”.
Chinese regard writing spring scroll as an activity of refined taste and of joyous celebration. Usually, the contents of spring scrolls are elegant, express happiness and wealth.
In the past, the door of the residence was in pars; but now, door is usually in single, and therefore few people put up door gods. But spring scrolls are still popular as ever.