The current version of Verse in Three Characters contains 380 lines and 1,140 Chinese characters. Though being short, it has rather abundant and extensive contents covering all moral principles, study methodology, common knowledge of heaven and earth, insitutions and rules, historical evolution, stories of famous persons, etc. In view of its subject, however, it has focused on the moral education. All the meanings of the text would conclude on teaching how to conduct oneself and how to become a useful person and on great hopes placed on the educated. Chinese New Year pictures are an important variety of Chinese folk arts and are called so because they are prepared and decorated for the celebration of Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year pictures mainly exhibit day-to day lives, fairy tales, folklores, historical stories, etc, while their connotation is to wish for peace and luck, praise the good and repress the bad, and suppress the evil spirit and refute heresy, exhibiting the spiritual pursuance of common people. Simplified Chinese characters and English.
三字经》是中国传统文化的一篇代表作，世界通俗文学典范，从中可以体会到古代中国人的思想观念和生活习性。从现代社会的角度看，文中有些说法不尽合理，也不多准确，甚至有些过时，但是它的教育作用和文化价值仍然很高。这本中英文对照的《三字经》，把中国古代的儿童启蒙名著介绍给世界各国读者，是做了件很有意义的事。用中国年画名作与之相配，更是相得益彰。
年画是中国民间艺术的一个重要品种，因以过年时制作和张挂而得名。年画的内容多为生活故事、神话传说、历史故事、戏曲故事等等，其内涵则是祈盼吉祥平安、扬善抑恶、镇妖辟邪，反映了普通百性的精神追求。中国年画的著名产地有天津杨柳青、河北武强、河南朱仙镇、山东潍坊、陕西凤翔、山西临汾、四川绵竹、苏州桃花坞、广东佛山等。虽然各地年画的风格各有特点，但又都具有形象夸张、色彩鲜艳、喜庆欢快的共性，深受广大群众的喜爱。