Friday. 12.29.06 7:10 pm
The new year is coming up as well as the lunar new year. I thought it was interesting to note that just like Japanese culture the house is cleaned on December 31, the same is done in China only the house is cleaned before the lunar New Year and a special type of couplet/poem is written and placed above the entrance ways.
Chun lian is a special type of duilian and is used only during the lunar New Year. While duilian is permanent, chunlian is a temporary decoration but with changing times some people may keep them up all year long. These couplets are written on vertical
strips of red paper in the best calligraphic style, and not made on Adobe Photoshop or Macromedia Fireworks like these. But in these changing times I am sure it is no longer uncommon!
Categories: Lunar New Year [t]
And I think it's interesting... that you're a Japanese-American living in China. ^-^ Fun!
Ah, my house cleaning has already started before Feb.--rearranging things for a fresh look. Ooh, my arms are so tired...and we aren't even done yet! >.
» Silver-dot- on 2006-12-29 08:19:45
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