• The term “挥春”  originated from the Cantonese term fai chun.
• “春” in “挥春” contains the meaning of Chinese New Year couplets and the putting up of Chinese New Year couplets.
• In Singapore, ”挥春“ is one of the cultural activities that take place during Chinese New Year.
• A “挥春” activity usually features a calligrapher writing on the spot with his brush pen, and then giving away his finished works to people.
• The promotion of “挥春” activities in Singapore are mainly driven by non-governmental organisations, including some calligraphy and art organisations as well as calligraphy groups of Community Clubs.
• The first nationwide “挥春” competition in Singapore was held by the Singapore Cultural Studies Society and Junior Chamber International Mandarin Singapore on 20 February 1983. In 1985, the Chinese Calligraphy Society of Singapore took over to organise the event.
• In 2012, the teachers and students of Nan Hua High School set a record in holding the largest “挥春” event, which saw altogether 1,698 couplets being written.

Walking on the streets near the end of a year, especially in places such as Chinatown where many Chinese people would gather at, you could always see elderly gentlemen at their stalls writing auspicious phrases in black or gold ink, working on traditional decorations for Chinese New Year on pieces of red paper sprinkled with gold powder. I don’t know when it began, but such stalls started to become fewer and fewer and eventually vanished. In its place were Chinese New Year decorations and couplets printed on plastic or fabric. (Lianhe Zaobao, 28/1/2019).