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In Chinese poetry, an antithetical couplet is a pair of lines of poetry which adhere to certain rules (see below). It is also called a [i]chunlian[/i], [i]duilian[/i] and [i]spring couplet[/i]. 

Outside of poems, they are usually seen on the sides of doors leading to people's homes or as hanging scrolls in an interior, and often during [[Chinese new year]] as a type of [[fai chun]] (festive decoration), expressing hope towards the new year.

h4. Examples

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h4. See also

* [[Chinese paper-cut]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Duilian (poetry)":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antithetical_couplet
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