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In Chinese class, students had the opportunity to practice Chinese calligraphy by writing Spring Festival Couplets (chunlian) - a custom for the new year.
Anyone who has recently walked by room 226 may have noticed bright red banners around Mrs. Liu's doorway.
These are Spring Festival Couplets (chunlian), an important custom when celebrating the new year. Traditionally, they are placed on December 29th of the Lunar Calendar and stay up the whole year.
The couplets are pasted on doorways to express joy and offer good wishes. The two lines on either side should have an equal number of characters, while their meaning must be related and antithetical. The horizontal scroll is a four-character phrase, which sums up the meaning of the left and right banner.
To learn about the celebration, and prepare for Lunar Year Convocation on February 10, students in Chinese class had the opportunity to practice Chinese calligraphy on the red paper that is customary for couplets.
The couplets over the door read:
🧧Welcome to the new spring and may your fortune grow.
🧧May you have luck in everything you do.
🧧May luck ring in.
To view students' greetings in Mandarin, click here.
To view a video of Laura Furniss-Roe '22, a Chinese-4 Honors student singing "Reflection" for the Lunar Year Convocation, click here.
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These are Spring Festival Couplets (chunlian), an important custom when celebrating the new year. Traditionally, they are placed on December 29th of the Lunar Calendar and stay up the whole year.
The couplets are pasted on doorways to express joy and offer good wishes. The two lines on either side should have an equal number of characters, while their meaning must be related and antithetical. The horizontal scroll is a four-character phrase, which sums up the meaning of the left and right banner.
To learn about the celebration, and prepare for Lunar Year Convocation on February 10, students in Chinese class had the opportunity to practice Chinese calligraphy on the red paper that is customary for couplets.
The couplets over the door read:
🧧Welcome to the new spring and may your fortune grow.
🧧May you have luck in everything you do.
🧧May luck ring in.
To view students' greetings in Mandarin, click here.
To view a video of Laura Furniss-Roe '22, a Chinese-4 Honors student singing "Reflection" for the Lunar Year Convocation, click here.
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