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Chinese New Year begins on doors and walls.Spring couplets（春聯(lián)） stand for people's wishes for a happier life in the coming year.The tradition of sticking Spring couplets on doors during the Spring Festival can date back（追溯） hundreds of （1）

years

years

.
    The couplets are written on red paper.They are the （2）

most important

most important

symbol of the Spring Festival.Although people are busy with all kinds of things before the Spring Festival，sticking couplets is always in the （3）

first

first

place on the to-do list.And my mother would ask me to take some gifts to people who wrote couplets for us.When they were writing，I would watch how they used the brush to create these （4）

wonderful

wonderful

works.
    Later when I was a little older，my parents （5）

encouraged

encouraged

me to learn how to write couplets.I asked some elder people to teach me some skills.When learning from them，I became greatly interested in traditional culture.Every time when our family visited relatives during the Spring Festival，I was always the first （6）

to collect

to collect

the poems of their couplets.The poems are hopeful words，they （7）

send

send

good wishes like" health，wealth and longevity（長(zhǎng)壽）".
    Nowadays as the science and technology is developing （8）

rapidly

rapidly

，couplets are mainly produced by machines.We can easily buy all kinds of beautiful couplets on the streets.Though forms of making couplets （9）

change

change

，the best wishes that couplets express remain.The red paper and black words are not only used to write the couplets，but also carry （10）

our

our

love for traditional culture.They will never be forgotten.