Foreign teacher Del learns to write the spring couplets under a student's guide at Boxing County, east China's Shandong Province, on January 11, 2009, to welcome the forthcoming Chinese traditional Spring Festival which falls on January 26 this year. [Xinhua]

Calligraphers write spring couplets for the local farmers in Chaohu City, east China's Anhui Province, on January 11, 2009, to welcome the forthcoming Chinese traditional Spring Festival which falls on January 26 this year. [Xinhua]