Temporary Festival Arch: Erected Only for Celebrations

A temporary paifang (archway) erected for a festival, at night. The framework is constructed from steel pipes and angle irons, with the outer layer covered in colorful silk fabric, lanterns, and LED light strips to form the outline of a traditional paifang—the three-bay, four-pillar structure and layered roof forms are discernible, but the proportions are exaggerated. The entire structure glows from within, with saturated red, gold, and yellow colors, and light strips outlining every contour; the central character panel is a light box, with auspicious characters glowing. Because it is temporary, the steel frame, guy wires, and electrical wires can be seen from the back; the base consists of concrete counterweights. The surroundings are bustling with temple fair crowds and vendors. Avoid: depicting it as a permanent, solid structure, hiding the framework and wires to make it look like a real paifang, using low-chroma colors, depicting the scene during the daytime.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座為節慶搭設的臨時牌樓,夜間狀態。骨架是鋼管與角鐵搭成的,外層以彩色的絹布、燈籠與 LED 燈條包覆成傳統牌樓的輪廓——可以看出三間四柱與層疊的樓頂形式,但比例被拉得更誇張。整座構造從內部發光,顏色是飽和的紅、金與黃,燈條沿著每一道輪廓線勾勒;中央的字板是燈箱,吉祥的字樣發著光。因為是臨時的,可以看見背面的鋼架、拉索與電線;基座是配重的水泥塊。周邊是廟會的人潮與攤販。避免:把它畫成永久的實體構造、隱藏骨架與電線讓它看起來像真牌樓、使用低彩度的顏色、把場景畫成白天。