Zhang Binli, a couplet writer and award-winning contributor, shared his creative journey: "I've been writing couplets for Xi'an gates for over 10 years. My couplets focus on Xi'an as a national ...

When it works, Couplets contains an honesty which sears through our skin. But when it doesn’t, it lays flat – like a jumble of words and references with no meaning to attach itself to. A good, short ...