Writing Spring Couplets is a traditional custom when celebrating Chinese New Year.
Spring Couplets, Chunlian in Chinese, is the most common and important custom when celebrating Chinese New Year. This tradition is widely kept both in modern cities and rural areas of China.
ECNU holds 2016 Spring Couplets Writing Series Activities to welcome the new year.
On the morning of December 30, 2015, the opening ceremony of 2016 Spring Couplets Writing Series Activities was held on Minhang Campus. The event is jointly held by the Publicity Department, the Library, and the Arts Institute of ECNU, as well as Shanghai Research Center for Chinese Calligraphy.
The Series Activities aim to inherit and spread the traditional custom culture, as well as add warmth and harmonious festival atmosphere to the campus. The Activities will last for half a month. Students or teachers can write Spring Couplets at the entrance hall of the Library on both campuses from December 30, 2015, to January 15, 2016.
The event attracts many students and teachers.
Chunlian is a special type of Duilian, or couplet. It is used during the Spring Festival that expresses happy and hopeful thoughts for the coming year. While Duilian is permanent, Chunlian is a temporary decoration to be placed on the entrance of the house, somewhat akin to Halloween and Christmas decorations.
