春節(jié)到，貼一副英文春聯(lián)吧！

English language couplets have become a new and stylish way among Chinese young people to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival.

中國(guó)年輕人當(dāng)中掀起了貼英文春聯(lián)慶祝春節(jié)的新潮流。

On China's biggest consumer online shopping platform Taobao, there are dozens of shops selling several kinds of couplets in English. A typical one reads "eat well, sleep well, have fun day by day" and "study good, work good, make money more and more".

在中國(guó)最大的網(wǎng)絡(luò)購(gòu)物平臺(tái)淘寶網(wǎng)上，有幾十家網(wǎng)店都在出售多個(gè)版本的英文春聯(lián)。其中一副典型的英文春聯(lián)上聯(lián)是：eat well, sleep well, have fun day by day(吃的好睡的好開(kāi)心每天)，下聯(lián)是study good, work good, make money more and more(學(xué)習(xí)好工作好賺錢(qián)多多)。

Yu Runrun, who owns a Beijing shop, expects to sell about 600 sets of English couplets during the holiday season.

北京的一位淘寶店主于潤(rùn)潤(rùn)(音)預(yù)計(jì)在春節(jié)假期期間將賣(mài)出大約600副英文春聯(lián)。

"I began to sell English couplets four years ago, when I saw a friend from the Inner Mongolia autonomous region hanging couplets hand-lettered in the Mongolian language during Spring Festival," said Yu.

他說(shuō)：“四年前，我看到一位內(nèi)蒙古自治區(qū)的朋友在春節(jié)時(shí)貼上手寫(xiě)版的蒙古語(yǔ)春聯(lián)，于是我開(kāi)始賣(mài)英文春聯(lián)。”

A set of English couplets in his shop costs 25 yuan, almost double the price of the Chinese couplets.

他的店內(nèi)一副英文春聯(lián)售價(jià)25元，是中文春聯(lián)價(jià)格的近兩倍。

"Most of our buyers are young people who want to look cool and are willing to pay extra for fashionable things," Yu said, adding that some send the couplets to foreign friends as gifts.

他說(shuō)：“大多數(shù)買(mǎi)家是年輕人，他們覺(jué)得這樣看起來(lái)很酷，也愿意為時(shí)尚產(chǎn)品多掏錢(qián)。”他還補(bǔ)充說(shuō)，一些人買(mǎi)來(lái)送給外國(guó)朋友當(dāng)禮物。

"Foreigners living in China also buy the English couplets to celebrate the festival, but my English is not good enough to talk with them," said the 33-year-old Beijinger.

33歲的于先生說(shuō)：“住在中國(guó)的老外也會(huì)買(mǎi)英文春聯(lián)慶祝春節(jié)，但我英語(yǔ)不好，沒(méi)法和他們交流。”

Spring Festival couplets, two complementary poetic lines adhering to certain rules, are one of the most common and important customs to celebrate Chinese New Year. They are often used to decorate doors and walls to express hope and happiness for the coming year.

春聯(lián)是按照平仄規(guī)則寫(xiě)成的兩句對(duì)仗詩(shī)句，是慶祝春節(jié)時(shí)最常見(jiàn)也最重要的習(xí)俗之一，通常貼在門(mén)兩側(cè)和墻上，表達(dá)對(duì)來(lái)年的期盼和迎新年的喜悅之情。

Mo Hao, who teaches English at Guangdong University of Foreign Study's South China Business College, bought two sets of such couplets from Taobao, one for himself and the other for his colleague, Benjamin Wolken, who is from the United States. "It is very special and actually quite good-looking, which will certainly stand out," Mo said.

廣東外語(yǔ)外貿(mào)大學(xué)南國(guó)商學(xué)院英語(yǔ)教師郝墨(音)在淘寶網(wǎng)購(gòu)買(mǎi)了兩副英文春聯(lián)。一副自用，一副送給來(lái)自美國(guó)的同事本杰明-沃爾肯。他說(shuō)：“這很特別，也很好看，會(huì)非常顯眼。”

Wolken said, "I would consider buying the couplets for myself, or even make my own set in English, so I can talk more with the people around me to learn Chinese culture and language."

沃爾肯說(shuō)：“我會(huì)考慮自己買(mǎi)英文春聯(lián)，或者自己用英文寫(xiě)一副，這樣我能多和周?chē)娜私徽劊瑢W(xué)習(xí)更多的中國(guó)文化和漢語(yǔ)。”

He added, "I like being a part of the Chinese community, so I enjoy being a part of the traditions." 他補(bǔ)充說(shuō)：“我喜歡融入中國(guó)社區(qū)中，體驗(yàn)到傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗讓我很愉快。”

The key to selling more English couplets is that they should consist of really simple words, so that people can easily understand the meaning, said Yu, the shopkeeper.

店主于先生說(shuō)，賣(mài)出更多英文春聯(lián)的關(guān)鍵是單詞盡量簡(jiǎn)單，這樣人們就更容易看懂。

"Grammar is not important and 'Chinglish' is also acceptable. If the sentence is grammatically incorrect, people will like it even more, just like the well-known and popular Chinglish proverb 'Good good study, day day up'," he said.

他說(shuō)：“語(yǔ)法并不重要，中式英語(yǔ)也可以接受。如果句子有語(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤，人們反而更喜歡，就像人們用Good good study, day day up來(lái)表達(dá)眾人皆知的俗語(yǔ)‘好好學(xué)習(xí)，天天向上’一樣。”

After all, Spring Festival should be a happy reunion, he added.

他補(bǔ)充說(shuō)，畢竟春節(jié)應(yīng)該是一次快樂(lè)的團(tuán)聚。

上聯(lián)：大順大財(cái)大吉利 Great peace, great wealth, and great luck.

下聯(lián)：新春新喜新世紀(jì) New year, new joy, and new century.

橫批：萬(wàn)事如意 Everything goes well.

上聯(lián)：佳年好景隨春到 A good year and a nice view follow the spring.

下聯(lián)：福樂(lè)安康順意來(lái) Happiness and health arrive as you wish.

橫批：辭舊迎新 Ring out the old, ring in the new.

上聯(lián)：瑞雪紛飛辭舊歲 The old year leaves amidst the falling snow.

下聯(lián)：旭日東升迎新春 The new spring comes with the shining glow.

上聯(lián)：Best wishes for the year to come! 恭賀新禧

下聯(lián)：Good luck in the year ahead! 吉星高照

上聯(lián)：等了一年又一年 I’ve been waiting year after year.

下聯(lián)：年年結(jié)婚沒(méi)有咱 Each year lots marry, but not me.

橫批：再等一年 Wait one more year.

上聯(lián)：Everything is possible. 任何事都可能

下聯(lián)：Impossible is nothing. 沒(méi)有事不可能

橫批：Just do it. 只要肯去做

上聯(lián)：Live as long as Captain America. 長(zhǎng)壽如美國(guó)隊(duì)長(zhǎng)

下聯(lián)：Earn as much as Tony Stark. 財(cái)富比鋼鐵大俠

橫批：Marvel! 棒!