Me & City (Suzhou, China)

The Tiger Year is near the corner! You know what Chinese do specially to celebrate the most important festival among the whole year—The Spring Festival?  Making Chunlian and Chinese Fu is one of the interesting and meaningful custom passed down generation by generation.

Chunlian, literally translated as spring festival couplets, is made by writing a couplet in Chinese calligraphy on two strip-type papers with red background.  The couplet for Chunlian, usually very nice verse, always express some lucky, good fortune, prosperous, peace and joy wishes people dream of in the coming new year.

Unlike Chunlian, which is made up of poetry, Chinese Fu only contains one Chinese character, Fu(福), literally means good fortune and happiness. When making Fu, the red square paper is usually rotated by 45 degree. I’m not sure if there is any special reason but personally I think it can have the character written as big as possible and looks nicer after rotating:）

It’s not still over when Chunlian and Chinese Fu is readily made, they have to be stuck on door before the first day of the new year. Remove the old Chunlian & Chinese Fu and replace the newly made ones, so done!

Okay, would like to get Chunlian and Chinese Fu or have interests in making them yourself? There are two events you may join!

Free Chunlian Giving Away
Date & Time: 31st, Jan. PM 2:30
Location: Huxi Community Working Committee Building 4th fl. 165 Xinghai Street, Suzhou, SIP
Organizer: Huxi Community Working Committee
Contact: E-mail: huxiexpats@163.com/Call: 86-512-8818 3536

Jiaozi Party & culture activity

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