As the Lunar New Year approaches, the tradition of writing and displaying spring couplets (春联) becomes an integral part of the festivities, symbolizing good fortune and well-wishes for the coming year ...

In the days leading up to Tet (Lunar New Year), calligraphy shops in the Cholon area (Ho Chi Minh City) are bustling with ...

As the Lunar New Year approaches, many Chinese families clean the front door of their home and hang poetry around it. This is a rich and age-old Chinese tradition, both cultural and religious. Chinese ...

Poetic couplet is two successive rhyming lines in poetry. Chinese couplets known as duilian or "antithetical couplets" may be seen on doorways in Chinese communities worldwide. Couplets displayed as ...

English language couplets have become a new and stylish way among Chinese young people to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival. On China's biggest consumer online shopping platform Taobao, there are ...

Couplets perform different functions on diverse occasions. Some express good wishes for the New Year, others congratulate newly-weds, wish seniors well on their birthdays, or mourn the passing and ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan High Speed Rail is adding a dash of festive spirit for the Lunar New Year with free Year of the ...