The traditional Chinese couplet is an artistic combination of poetry and calligraphy. A couplet, as the Chinese – yinglian or duilian – for this duo implies, is composed of a pair (fu) of antithetical ...

In the days leading up to Tet (Lunar New Year), calligraphy shops in the Cholon area (Ho Chi Minh City) are bustling with customers seeking calligraphy as a way to preserve traditional customs and ...

Maggie Millner’s first book, “Couplets,” breathes new life into an old form to tell the story of a romance that catches its heroine off guard. By Adrienne Raphel When you purchase an independently ...

Spring Festival couplets were unveiled at the Zhonghuamen Gate, part of the ancient city wall of Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 24, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] Fifteen meter-long ...

Professors of a certain age, start your engines! And students of a certain different age, start yours too. It’s time to begin daydreaming about the coming academic year. Not about grades and exams and ...

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 ...