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 ...

Writing spring couplets is good for one’s health, as it trains hand-eye coordination, concentration and cognitive ability, and can even help ease anxiety and loneliness, Taiwanese academics said.

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 ...

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 ...

Villagers put spring couplets for sale in order in a shop in Beixiezhuang Village of Yuezhuang Town in Xinyuan County, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 14, 2013. As traditional Chinese Spring ...

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

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 ...