Lunar New Year

Celebrate Chinese New Year with a bang!

The tradition of writing spring couplets, or duilian, for Chinese New Year, began way back during the time of Emperor Meng Chang. He carved lucky inscriptions on his door frames in order to invite good luck to enter his palace, and soon the entire country followed suit. Until now, displaying spring couplets above the door or as wall scrolls is a part of the CNY celebrations.
Usually, spring couplets present the change of seasons from winter to spring, and uses images like trees and rivers and birds in order to ground the poem into nature.

For example:
After winter, the warm wind comes. The night sky is clear.
Spring beckons like a lover. Above the clouds, a star appears.
Now that you've got an idea of what spring couplets are, why not write your own couplet celebrating Chinese New Year? The 10 best couplets will start the New Year with these lucky prizes:
- a rip-roaring piece of Chinese furni (a secret for now)
- a Level 2 Tiger's Claw badge
- 3 Habbo Points

So invite good luck into your Habbo household and show us your poetic skills. Who knows, you might even be the next Li Po. ;)

- Sagarithus, community manager aka New Year Host of the Year!