贴春联的时候，最后一个字是第一声或第二声的，贴在左边；最后一个字是第三声或第四声的，贴在右边。右边的是“上联”，左边的是“下联”，先唸上联，再唸下联，最后唸上面那条横幅。
tiē chūnlián de shíhou ，zuìhòu yī gè zì shì dì yī shēng huò dì èrshēng de ，tiē zài zuǒbiān ；zuìhòu yī gè zì shì dì sānshēng huò dì sìshēng de ，tiē zài yòubiān 。yòubiān de shì “shànglián ”，zuǒbiān de shì “xiàlián ”，xiān niàn shànglián ，zài niàn xiàlián ，zuìhòu niàn shàngmian nàtiáo héngfú 。
When you are sticking up your spring couplets, if you find that the last character ends in a first or second tone, this should be stuck on the left hand side. If the last character is a third or forth tone, it should be stuck on the right side. The one on the right is the "shang lian - the top line". The one on the left hand side is the "xia lian - the bottom line". You read it from 'top to bottom'. Then you read the one that goes across horizontally.