Ancestral Altar: Rosewood, Incense Burner, and a Pair of Candlesticks

Close-up of a traditional Taiwanese spirit table: a dark reddish-brown wooden table with carved waist and upturned ends on the tabletop. The arrangement on the table is strictly symmetrical: in the center is a three-legged bronze incense burner, with several burnt incense sticks inserted and a shallow layer of light gray incense ash accumulated in the opening; on each side is a brass candlestick, with red electronic candles; further out are a pair of slender vases, holding bright yellow chrysanthemums. In front, there is a small tea tray with three small teacups filled with clear water. The tabletop has a thin, warm luster from years of incense burning. The background wall is off-white, and the light is natural light coming from the side, quiet and undramatic. Avoid: arranging the spirit table asymmetrically, adding modern decorations, using high-chroma stage lighting, making the tabletop appear brand new with no signs of use.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一張傳統的台灣神桌近景,深紅褐色的木桌,桌面有雕花的束腰與翹頭。桌上的陳設嚴格對稱:正中央是一只三足銅香爐,爐內插著幾支已燃過的香腳,爐口積著淺灰色的香灰;左右各一只黃銅燭台,燭身是紅色的電子蠟燭;再往外是一對細長的花瓶,插著鮮黃的菊花。前方有一個小茶盤,三只小茶杯盛著清水。桌面因為長年香火而有一層薄薄的溫潤光澤。背景牆面是米白色,光是側面來的自然光,安靜而不戲劇化。避免:把神桌擺成不對稱、加入現代裝飾品、使用高彩度的舞台燈光、讓桌面顯得全新無使用痕跡。