Couplets with the uniqueness of the above, but the couplet is still a literary form, with literature, the general and universal character.
楹联具有上述的独特性，但是，楹联仍是一种文学形式，具有文学的一般性和普遍性特征。All couplets carved on the entrance of a residence and express the ideal, earnest hope and belief of the host.
镌刻于宅门的楹联，都表达着主人的理想、祈求和信念。Couplets of high artistic quality, while it has strong practicability.
楹联具有很高的艺术性，同时它又具有极强的实用性。Three times to Changzhou Tianning Qianlong Nian Xiang, and Temple title "Dragon City as education" plaque and couplets.
乾隆曾三次到常州天宁寺拈香，并为寺题“龙城象教”匾额和楹联。There are altogether 305 couplets, which have existed since the Ming or Qing Dynasty, in the Laos' old houses accessible to tourists.
在现在开放作景点的劳氏古宅中，从明、清两朝沿用至今的楹联共计305副。Lao Yansheng is good at calligraphy, which makes him very popular in a village known for its couplet culture.
劳言生写得一手好字，这在一个楹联文化的村子里很是受用。Wang torii gate reading: "the mother mountains, " the three Chinese characters, both before and after the post was written couplets.
山门横牌坊上书“公母山”三个大字、门柱前后都写有楹联。However, the tradition of writing couplets has survived the tumult.
尽管如此，书写楹联的传统却在动荡中沿袭了下来。These couplets are written in fine calligraphy on long strips of red paper.
这些楹联书法写好一片片长长的红纸。