Spring Couplets and Door Couplets: Seasonal Changes in Red and Gold

A close-up of a household entrance facade, during the Lunar New Year. A pair of vertical spring couplets (Chunlian) are pasted on both sides of the door, with red paper and gold characters, handwritten with a brush. The paper surface has slight undulations due to outdoor humidity. A horizontal banner (Hengpi) is pasted above the door lintel. A diamond-shaped paper square (Doufang) with an inverted character is pasted in the center of the door panel. The red of the paper is a saturated true red, and the gold characters have a slight reflection. Traces of last year's couplets and torn edges can be seen. The door is a dark wooden or metal door, with an old-fashioned doorknob. The surroundings feature common Taiwanese tiled exterior walls and a small lamp. Avoid: writing characters that are chaotic or non-Chinese symbols, using non-traditional colors, depicting the couplets as flat as printed posters, adding Western holiday decorations.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一戶人家的入口門面近景,正值農曆春節。門的兩側貼著一對直式春聯,紅底金字,毛筆書寫,紙面因為戶外的濕氣而有輕微的起伏;門楣上方貼著橫批;門扇正中央貼著一個菱形的斗方,字是倒著貼的。紙的紅是飽和的正紅,金字有一點反光。可以看見上一年的春聯殘留的痕跡與撕過的邊。門是深色的木門或金屬門,門把是老式的。周邊是台灣常見的磁磚外牆與一盞小燈。避免:把字寫成錯亂或非中文的符號、使用非傳統的顏色、把春聯畫得像印刷海報般平整、加入西式節慶裝飾。