# Mao-Era Courtyard Meeting Photo

- Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md)
- Creator: [Library Lifestyle (@library.lifestyle)](/@library.lifestyle.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Photography
- AI keywords: photo, portrait
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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## Prompt

```text
A realistic historical documentary-style photo of {number_of_people} Chinese people gathered around a rough wooden table in a rural courtyard outside an old whitewashed building with a dark wooden door and a broken lattice window. The scene is set in mid-20th-century China, with muted natural colors, soft daylight, and a candid, observational composition. One person in the right foreground wears an olive-green military-style uniform and matching cap, leaning forward over the table as if speaking or handing something across. Two seated people wear blue-gray Mao-era work jackets and caps, and a fourth figure is partially visible at the far left edge. On the table are exactly 7 visible items: a white enamel teapot, 2 white enamel cups, 1 rectangular metal coffee tin labeled {tin_text}, 1 folded brown leather satchel, 1 white cloth or folded paper bundle, and 1 small dish or ashtray. The table is weathered and uneven, with strong texture and age. The courtyard has packed earth ground, rough plaster walls, creeping greenery at the upper left, and a clothesline or rope crossing diagonally above. Shoot from a seated eye-level angle with a slightly off-center composition, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain, and authentic period detail. Emphasize realism, understated tension, lived-in textures, and a cinematic photojournalistic mood.
```

## Variables

Replace each `{variable}` before you paste the prompt.

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{number_of_people}` | number of people | 4 |
| `{tin_text}` | tin text | COFFEE |

## About

This prompt generates a realistic historical photo of a small group in Mao-era clothing meeting at a wooden table in a rustic Chinese courtyard, useful for documentary-style or cinematic period imagery.

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

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