Lunar New Year red-lantern street at night
A cinematic night street strung with red lanterns on Lunar New Year eve, wet pavement reflecting the glow. Paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini or Grok, change the parts in brackets to suit you, and generate.
- Written for
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok
- Status
- Tested 27 Sep 2026 in Gemini app (web), Flash mode with built-in image generation
- Test settings
- Default copy text pasted unchanged into a new Gemini chat. No reference image. First result used; only converted to WebP.
- Variability
- Layout, colours and small details change between runs. Gemini adds a small sparkle watermark in the corner.
Prompt
Scene: a narrow old-town street in Taipei on Lunar New Year eve, rows of round red paper lanterns strung overhead, shopfronts with red paper-cut decorations and potted mandarin trees and plum blossom branches outside; a large paper lantern shaped like a goat glows at the far end. Moment or Pose: a few families in warm winter coats stroll away from the camera, a grandparent holding a child's hand, a vendor selling tangyuan rice dumplings from a steaming cart. Light: night after light rain, wet cobbles reflecting red and gold lantern light, soft haze in the air. Camera: 35mm, f/2, eye-level from the middle of the street, strong leading lines toward the far lantern. Style: cinematic film still, deep reds and warm golds against dark shadows, fine grain. Format: vertical 4:5. Avoid: readable signs or couplets with garbled characters, cartoon dragons, distorted faces, extra limbs, fireworks hitting people, brand names, logos or watermarks.
Customise
For example: Taipei.
For example: goat.
For example: tangyuan rice dumplings.
Fields start with illustrative values; replace them with your own facts. The prompt updates as you type. Copy prompt copies your version.
How to use it
- Open an external image tool named above. Check Status for the provider actually tested.
- Paste the prompt. Replace anything in [BRACKETS] first, or use Customise.
- Send, then ask for small changes in follow-up messages.
How to use this prompt
- This prompt makes a new picture. Check the AI app named above and the real test recorded in Status.
- Fill Customise with what you want, or replace [BRACKETS] with the right details. Press Copy prompt and paste it into the image app you chose.
- When the picture is ready, check objects, hands, faces, writing and any detail that matters. Ask for one clear correction if something is missing.
Good to know
- Chinese characters on signs often come out garbled; they are kept unreadable on purpose. Match the zodiac animal to the coming year (2027 is the Year of the Goat).
