Login
Wishlist 
My Cart
SGD 0.00
Dec 20, 2022 
Chou Sing Chu Foundation
5th Annual Spring Festival Couplets Competition
About This Event
The finals organised by Chou Sing Chu Foundation, General Society for Chinese Classical Poetry and International Chinese Cultural Exchange Federation held on 15th December 2019 at Bookfest@Singapore was a great success!
We would like to express our biggest thanks to all participants, parents and judges for attending 5th Annual Spring Festival Couplets Competition Calligraphy Category Finals.
For the Spring Festival Couplets Calligraphy Category, the judging team is formed by Mr Choo Thiam Siew (Executive Director/Chief Executive Director of International Chinese Cultural Exchange Federation & President of General Society for Chinese Classical Poetry), Mr Wong Joon Tai (Artistic Director at Nanyang Calligraphy Centre and Editor of The Nanyang Calligraphy Magazine) and Mr Heng Wei Chia (Chairman of The Bishan Chinese Calligraphy Club and ShiCheng Calligraphy and Seal-Carving Society Director).
For the Composing Category, the judging team is formed by Mr Choo Thiam Siew (Director of International Chinese Cultural Exchange Federation & President of General Society for Chinese Classical Poetry), Mr Tan Guan Seng (Secretary of General Society for Chinese Classical Poetry, Secretary of Xin Sheng Poet Society, Tropical Literature and Art Club Research Director & Council Member of United Chinese Library) & Mr Li Zhong (Winner for various competition including 2016 Spring Festival Couplets Competition, Member of General Society for Chinese Classical Poetry and Xin Sheng Poet Society).
The judges also decided to use composing category 1st prize winner Lim Tong Beng’s composed piece as the theme for Open Category Calligraphy Competition.
Check out the winners list below. Congratulations to all winners!
Hope to see you again in the next round of competition.
5th Annual Spring Festival Couplets Competition Composing and Calligraphy Category Preliminary Round have closed on 5th November 2019.
Thank you all for your participation.
Spring Couplets Calligraphy Competition finals and prize presentations for the composing category will be held on
- Date: 5th December 2019（Sunday）
- Calligraphy Category: 11am to 12pm
- Prize Presentation: 1.30pm
- Venue: Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hall 401, Stage Area
More about this event
Calligraphy Category
We were honoured to invite Mr Choo Thiam Siew (Director of International Chinese Cultural Exchange Federation & President of General Society for Chinese Classical Poetry), Mr Wong Joon Tai (Artistic Director at Nanyang Calligraphy Centre and Editor of The Nanyang Calligraphy Magazine) and Mr Heng Wei Chia (Chairman of The Bishan Chinese Calligraphy Club and ShiCheng Calligraphy and Seal-Carving Society Director) to be our judges.
Thank you all for participating.
Check out the list of finalists here!
Congratulations to all finalist!
Composing Category
After much deliberation, our judges Mr Choo Thiam Siew (Director of International Chinese Cultural Exchange Federation & President of General Society for Chinese Classical Poetry), Mr Tan Guan Seng (Secretary of General Society for Chinese Classical Poetry, Secretary of Xin Sheng Poet Society, Tropical Literature and Art Club Research Director & Council Member of United Chinese Library) & Mr Li Zhong (Winner for various competition including 2016 Spring Festival Couplets Competition, Member of General Society for Chinese Classical Poetry and Xin Sheng Poet Society) have chosen the 6 best composed pieces from the open and tertiary category.
Congratulations to the winners!
We welcome all to attend the prize presentation to find out more on the winning pieces!
Tertiary Category
| 3rdPrize | Hu Siyuan |
Open Category
| 1st Prize | Lim Tong Beng |
| 2nd Prize | Tan Tuan Seng |
| 3rd Prize | Sun Zhiwei |
| Merit Prize | Chng Tsu Pang |
| Merit Prize | Lew Beng Thong |
5th Spring Festival Couplets Competition
Spring Festival couplets are the most commonly seen examples of Chinese couplets, and putting on auspicious couplets to welcome the Chinese New Year is a traditional Chinese custom.
The 5th Spring Festival Couplets Competition is now open for submissions!
The competition is divided into two categories:
- Spring Festival Couplets Composing Category
– Open Category: For contestants 18 years old and above
– Tertiary school category: For current students of tertiary education institutions, including junior colleges and pre-university centres
- Spring Festival Couplets Calligraphy Category (Preliminary Round)
– Open Category: For current students of tertiary education institutions, including junior colleges and pre-university centres, and contestants 18 years old and above
– Secondary School Category: For Secondary School Students
– Upper Primary Category: For Primary 4 to Primary 6 Students
Submission deadline: 15 November 2019 (Friday), 4pm
The Prize Giving Ceremony and Calligraphy Finals will be held on 15 December 2019 (Saturday).
Submit your spring couplets pieces to us and join us in celebrating the upcoming Chinese New Year. Download the application form here!
Gallery
