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3. 怎样写好春联？/怎樣寫好春聯？ (How do we write a set of couplets?)
對現代人而言，寫春聯是一種傳統. 可是當你問他們「為何有這種傳統」時，大部分人都會回答「不知道」. 那為什么我們要寫春聯？

春聯，最早稱為桃符. 周代時，「桃符」是人們掛在大門兩旁的兩塊長方形桃木板，兩塊板上分別寫著「神荼」(shén tú) 和「鬱壘」(yù lěi) ，目的是驅邪. 直到五代時，西蜀的宮廷里，有人在桃符上提寫聯語，第一副春聯就這樣出現了. 接著，到了宋代，桃符由桃木板改為紙張，改稱為「春貼紙」. 最終在明代，桃符才改稱「春聯」.

可是這並不足以解釋「為什麼寫春聯」，「寫春聯」能成為一種傳統，全因為明朝的明太祖傳旨在春节的时候要每家每戶門口貼上春聯. 明太祖更微服出城，為一些人家題上一道道貼切、幽默的春聯. 經過這一提倡，此後春聯便成為習俗，一直流傳至今.

-- SinMan

More Reading: 春聯是怎麼來的？
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**二、 听力 Listening (Voki)**
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__爆竹 声声__ __庆__ __新__ __年__ (fireworks sound celebrate new year)
Pairing occurs as antonym or synonym.

e.g. 爆竹 vs 锣鼓 声声 vs 阵阵 庆 vs 辞 新年 vs 旧岁


 * = 鑼鼓 = || = 陣陣 = || =辭= || =舊= || =嵗= ||
 * ==drum== || ==rhythm== || ==leave== || ==old== || ==year== ||
 * == 爆竹 == || == 聲聲 == || =慶= || =新= || =年= ||
 * ==firework== || ==sound== || ==celebrate== || ==new== || ==year== ||

Can you try to match the words in Chinese?
=Look at the following sentence.= =Try to find a few words that somehow match each English word above first.= =上聯：=
 * = silver = || = flowers = || = fly = || = dance = || = forecast = || = harvest = || = year = ||
 * =銀= || =花= || =飛= || =舞= || =兆= || =豐= || =年= ||

=Then, try to select the words that can be combined and make sense.= =Find good word combination that can match the above words.=

=下聯：= = synonym of = = silver? = || = ant/ =
 * = antonym/ =

flowers?
|| = ant/ = = syn of =

fly?
|| = ant/ = = syn of =

dance?
|| = ant/ = = syn of =

forecast ?
|| = ant/ = = syn of = = harvest? = || = ant/ = = syn of = = year? = ||
 * ||  || =__= ||   ||   ||   || =___= ||

4. CLEAR 对话 (Please answer our questions)
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Skype with Colorado/NC students

1. 今年是什么生肖? 你们是什么生肖? 1. 今年是甚麼生肖? 你們是甚麼生肖?

2. 中国人过春节喜欢吃些什么? 2. 中國人過春節喜歡吃些甚麼?

3. 中国人过年为什么喜欢红色? 3. 中國人過年為甚麼喜歡紅色?

4. 春联是什么颜色? 4. 春聯是甚麼顏色?

5. 春联贴在什么地方? 5. 春聯貼在甚麼地方?

6. 小孩为什么喜欢过中国年? 6. 小孩為甚麼喜歡過中國年?

7. 过年有什么问候语? 7. 過年有甚麼問候語?

8. 对联 8. 對聯

9. 过春节 为什麽要放鞭炮？ 9. 過春節 為什麼要放鞭炮？

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 * 5. Check some presentations from our group in the presentation section**