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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Old Delhi’s Babban hotel was once a hub of Urdu poets. Every summer, they would spend their evenings at the café indulging in baitbaazi – a competition that tests how readily one can recite couplets.

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