Lunar New Year: Traditional Decor with Contemporary Language

A Lunar New Year arrangement, treating traditional elements with a contemporary vocabulary: spring couplets are not golden-red printed items but handwritten on plain Xuan paper and clipped into a wooden frame with magnets; flowers are a large pot of narcissus, peach branches, or pussy willows, arranged in a coarse pottery urn; fruit plates are brass or plain porcelain, holding Buddha's hand citrons and oranges; lanterns are plain paper, without tassels or patterns. Colors are mainly ochre red, off-white, brown, and gold, avoiding high-saturation true red and bright gold. The space itself remains simple and clean, with festive elements concentrated in the entryway and dining table areas. Avoid: using printed golden-red decorations, adding plastic lanterns and hangings, using high-saturation true red for colors, or spreading festive elements throughout the entire house.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組農曆新年的陳設,以當代的語彙處理傳統元素:春聯不用金紅印刷品而是手寫在素色的宣紙上並以磁鐵夾在木框裡;花是一大盆的水仙、桃枝或銀柳,插在粗陶的甕裡;果盤是黃銅或素瓷的,裝著佛手柑與橘子;燈籠是素色的紙質,沒有流蘇與圖案。顏色以赭紅、米白、褐與金為主,避開高彩度的正紅與亮金。空間本身維持素淨,節慶元素集中在玄關與餐桌兩處。避免:使用印刷的金紅裝飾品、加入塑膠燈籠與掛飾、顏色使用高彩度的正紅、節慶元素散布在全屋。