The 6 Most Meaningful and Beautiful New Year Opening Calligraphy Phrases

In addition to Tet couplets and favorite poems, you can also begin the year by writing kind wishes to your friends, family, or relatives.

“Happy New Year 2022! I wish you a sky full of health, an ocean of love, a sea of friendship, a chorus of love, a faithful partner, a brilliant career, and a prosperous family.”

"The goal of the New Year is not just to have a new year, but to have a new soul." - G. K. Chesterton

"Yesterday, I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today, I am wise, so I am changing myself." - Rumi

Students from Faculty A must be feeling the pressure as their upcoming exams approach. Why not start the year with a little ‘luck’ by completing a small assignment as a New Year’s opening task before the exams?

- Prove: Is Bánh Chưng a material object?

- Calculate the opportunity cost of going home for Tet?

- A person spends $630 on ingredients for making candied fruits. The price of sugar is $4 per kilogram, and the price of coconut is $7 per kilogram. The utility function for the consumer with X kilograms of sugar and Y kilograms of coconut is U(x;y)= 250X^0.4Y^0.5. How many kilograms of sugar and coconut should the person consume to maximize their utility?

If you’re a lover of literature, starting the New Year with a poem you truly adore is a perfect idea.

“Every year, the peach blossoms bloom

And the old scholar is seen again

Preparing black ink and red paper

On the busy street where people pass by.

Many come to hire him to write

Admiring his skill in awe

His elegant handwriting, like a dragon’s dance

Leaping and soaring through the air.”

(The Old Scholar - Vũ Đình Liên)

Or perhaps a poem of your own creation

HEARING THE SPRING CALL
(Opening Calligraphy for the New Year)

Hear the spring calling... The great forest is shedding leaves
Younger buds sprout, gracefully swaying on branches
Plum, Apricot, Peach—bees and butterflies circle around
Gently whispering their love, quickly weaving dreams.

The sun’s rays, shimmering with excitement
The sky of spring is dazzling, as if a paradise
And the heart silently whispers its love
With a wish that all directions will bear witness.

Spring touches the doorstep, couples exchanging warmth
Hearts flutter, weaving strange emotions
The first kiss carries longing
Eyes as blue as the multicolored clouds.

Hear the spring calling, from north to south
Everyone joins in the New Year’s song
Wishing for peace, happiness, better than before
Always yearning for the homeland in a time of renewal.

Celebrate the country, celebrate spring, Tet is near
Glorious is the bloodline of Lạc Hồng
The golden history will shine brightly at dawn
The great unity will march forward without turning back.

Author: Thái Xuân 01/01/2025

Starting the New Year’s opening calligraphy with meaningful Tet couplets is a wonderful idea for the season.

• “Golden apricot blooms to celebrate the New Year / Pink peach blossoms greet the spring”
• “New Year, new blessings, new prosperity / New wealth, new fortune, new peace”
• “Tet in the home, Tet in the streets / Heavenly blessings, earthly fortune”
• “May each year be as desired, may each age be peaceful”
• “May the spring bring health, wealth, and all desires fulfilled / May the year be prosperous with endless blessings”
• “At the beginning of the year, the brush writes some verses / Welcoming fortune, joyously embracing the spring”
• “May the spring bring health, wealth, and all desires fulfilled / May the year be prosperous with endless blessings”
• “Spring brings blessings, with the roots of fortune sprouting / Tet brings moral virtues, flourishing like flowers”
• “Fatty pork, pickled onions, red couplets / The new year's tree, firecrackers, and green bánh chưng”
• “Golden apricot blooms to celebrate the New Year / Pink peach blossoms greet the spring”
• “May the golden fortune of the apricot bring happiness / Health and peace to your life, a prosperous Tet”
• “Wishing you a Tet filled with all your desires / Celebrating the spring with success in all things.”

Starting the New Year’s opening calligraphy with your own personal wishes is also a way to attract wealth and welcome good fortune in this new spring season.

This year, I will give up:

- Spending more than 180 minutes per day on TikTok

- Staying up late obsessing over my idols

- Being a ‘silent lurker’ in chat rooms

- Spending half a month’s salary on clothes and cosmetics

- ‘Dropping the pen’ during class

This year, I will achieve:

- A GPA of 4.0, becoming an A+ warrior and a hobo slayer

- Becoming a research superhero

- Finding my ideal part-time job and making lots of “cash”

- Participating in 1001 extracurricular activities, with the highest Youth Union points

- Building deeper “brotherhood” bonds

Thank you, universe, for listening to me!