Friday, February 09, 2024

春联 couplets for 2024 (Year of the Wood Dragon) "兔奔千里传春信 龙起九霄展鸿威"

I wrote several pieces of couplets (春联) for the Year of the Dragon. This is the final "product".

兔奔千里传春信 龙起九霄展鸿威


I found a similar phrase online and decided to tweak it a bit. It was originally "兔奔千里传春信 龙起九霄壮国威" but I felt the "壮国威" was a bit too... patriotic? and so I changed it to something else (展鸿威).

For practice, I used normal 半切 (135cm by 34.5cm) paper at first, and once I got the hang of it, I got out some red paper (which had gold flakes on them) in 全紙 size (135cm by 69cm), cut them into 半切 size, and then wrote some pieces. Subsequently, I cut the final "product" into two strips as per usual couplets.

I guess I am ready to welcome Chinese New Year now!

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