Spring Festival Couplets - Chun Lian

You may want to look at Greg Choong's photo of "Chun Lian & Red Latterns". The origin of chun lian is given in this article from Australia's Chinatown. Pure Insight provides this information.

Some couplets are written using simple characters, but I have nto yet found a complete pair that is good for beginners. I will keep loooking. You may be able to write these:

老 少 平 安 Lǎoshào píng'ān –All is well.

大 吉 大 利 Dà jí dà lì – Good luck and great prosperity; expression of good wishes.

大 地 回 春 Dàdìhuíchūn – Spring has returned to the land.

Watch your stroke order please - they will look so much better! Here's the glossary:

老 lǎo - old
少 shào - few, little
老少 lǎoshào - the old and young
平 píng - level, even
安 ān - still, quiet
平安 - safe & sound

大 dà - big
吉 jí - lucky, auspicious
大吉 - great, good fortune
利 lì - benefit, profit

大地 - earth, mother earth, world
回 - return
春 - spring (season)
回春 - bring back to life

老
少
平
安

大
吉
大
利

大
地
回
春

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