在除夕夜，長沙書法家谷國鋼來到澳大利亞墨爾本,，現(xiàn)場書寫并派送春聯(lián),。彼時墨爾本正值盛夏,，酷熱難耐，他一共寫了40副春聯(lián),，結(jié)果不到一個半小時就被搶光,。活動現(xiàn)場圍滿了人,，當(dāng)?shù)厝A人華僑熱情高漲,，反響熱烈。

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Gu Guogang, a calligrapher from Changsha, traveled to Melbourne, Australia to hand out Spring Festival couplets. Amid the midsummer heat, he wrote 40 pairs, which were snapped up in less than one and a half hours. There were plenty of onlookers, and the overseas Chinese were extremely enthusiastic.