The opening ceremony of the exhibition "Double Beauty III: Qing Dynasty Couplets from the Lechangzai Xuan Collection" was held on 30 September 2016. The officiating guests included Professor Joseph J. Y. Sung, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK; Mr Harold Wong, Master of Lechangzai Xuan; Mr Christopher Mok, Chairman, Advisory Committee of the Art Museum; Professor Leung Yuen-sang, Director of Institute of Chinese Studies; Professor Harold Mok, Chairman of the Department of Fine Arts; Professor Josh Yiu, Director of the Art Museum and Dr Phil Chan, Research-Assistant Curator (Painting and Calligraphy) of the Art Museum.

The Art Museum invited Lai Tsoi Yin, a student from the Department of Music, CUHK, to compose a theme song for the exhibition. Other two students Fung Kai Sze and Ng Yee Lam were invited to perform the theme song during the opening ceremony.

(From left) Prof. Josh Yiu, Director of the Art Museum, CUHK; Prof. Leung Yuen-sang, Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK; Mr Harold Wong, Master of Lechangzai Xuan; Prof. Joseph J. Y. Sung, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK; Mr Christopher Mok, Chairman, Advisory Committee, Art Museum, CUHK; Prof. Harold Mok, Chairman, Department of Fine Arts, CUHK and Dr Phil Chan, Research-Assistant Curator (Painting and Calligraphy) of the Art Museum, CUHK officiate at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the exhibition.

(From left) Prof. Josh Yiu, Director of the Art Museum, CUHK; Prof. Leung Yuen-sang, Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK; Dr Leung Nai-pang, Chairman of the Council, CUHK; Mr Chien Lee, Vice-Chairman of the Council, CUHK; Mr Harold Wong, Master of Lechangzai Xuan; Prof. Joseph J. Y. Sung, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK; Mr Christopher Mok, Chairman, Advisory Committee, Art Museum, CUHK; Prof. Harold Mok, Chairman, Department of Fine Arts, CUHK; Prof. Hui-Wen Lu, Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Art History National Taiwan University; Dr Phil Chan, Research-Assistant Curator (Painting and Calligraphy) of the Art Museum, CUHK and a group of students from the Department of Fine Arts, CUHK, who helped to compile the exhibition catalogue.

To complement the exhibition, a "Couplets Calligraphy Demonstration", a special event facilitated by Yau Wing Fung, MFA student from the Department of Fine Arts, CUHK, was held on 17 November, 2016 in Gallery I of the Art Museum. It attracted around 150 visitors, and 120 pairs of couplets were sent as a gift to the participants, who were mainly graduate students and their parents.

From October 2016, a lecture series was held on "Double Beauty III: Qing Dynasty Couplets from the Lechangzai Xuan Collection". The first lecture was held on 1 October. Professor Lu Hui-Wen, Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Art History, National Taiwan University, was invited to be the guest speaker. Her lecture attracted an audience of about 90. The speakers for lectures on 22 October 2016 were Professor Nicholas L. Chan, Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, CUHK and Dr Phil Chan, Research-Assistant Curator (Painting and Calligraphy) of the Art Museum, CUHK. Their lectures attracted audiences of about 110.

In November, Professor Tong Kam Tang (Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts, CUHK) was invited to give a lecture on "清代楹聯書法藝術賞談". Ms Elena Yan (PhD candidate in the Department of Fine Arts, CUHK) and Professor Harold Mok (Chairman of the Department of Fine Arts) were invited to give lectures in December.