Chinese Lunar New Year Greeting Image & Prompt Examples 2026

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Chinese Lunar New Year Greeting Image & Prompt Examples 2026

Last Updated: 2026. 02. 12

The Chinese Lunar New Year falls on Feb. 17 this year. Are you ready to send your new year greetings to all families and friends with images?

It is fine if you are not ready. In this post, we will share you how to generate a new year greeting image easily and effectively. Some AI prompts and example images are also available. Check them out now!

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Traditional Chinese New Year Blessing

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Generate AI Chinese New Year Greeting Images

Every Chinese gets busy at the end of the year. There’s work to finish, and New Year shopping to do. That’s why I always love using FlexClip to create new year greeting images. It saves you tons of time, cutting out the burden of collecting elements and manual editing. With a simple text prompt, maybe several reference images, AI automatically interprets them into a satisfying new year image.

AI text to image tool is not something new. But what makes FlexClip special? It integrates all mainstream image generation models like Nano Banana Pro, ChatGPT, Seedream, Flux, Hunyuan, Qwen, Kling. You can enjoy them all on one place.

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I created the following Chinese new yer greeting images using FlexClip. Copy the given prompt to FlexClip’s text to image tool, you can make similar ones.

Chinese New Year Greeting Image Example: The Year of Horse

Theme：Happy Horse Sending New Year Wishes

Best for：Young Confidants

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Prompt：Create a cartoon-style illustration with a deep red background, full of a festive and celebratory atmosphere. The image features three little ponies arranged vertically from top to bottom, each wearing different decorations. The first pony has an apple on its back; the second pony is adorned with a red tag bearing the Chinese character “福” (meaning “good fortune”); and the third pony is wearing a birthday hat and decorated with red and yellow patterns.

Each pony is surrounded by cheerful elements such as fireworks, stars, candies, and bows, enhancing the festive mood. The words “Best Day!” and “Happy” are scattered throughout the illustration. The overall style is warm, joyful, and filled with a sense of happiness.

Chinese New Year Greeting Image Example: Lucky Horse

Theme：Horse Sending Good Luck

Best for：Young Confidants

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Prompt：A healing-style plush illustration featuring a white fluffy pony at the center of the image. The pony has soft, voluminous fur, gently squinting eyes, and a cheerful, soothing smile, with its head peeking out from the middle of the composition. The background is fully covered with layered, three-dimensional red plush Chinese characters “福,” arranged in a neat, tiled pattern. The plush texture appears soft and full, with clear depth and well-defined layers, and the characters are clean and clearly legible, filling the entire background.

The overall color palette is warm and gentle, with delicate brushwork, creating a lively, festive, yet adorable and comforting New Year atmosphere.

Chinese New Year Greeting Image Example: Traditional Chinese New Year Looks

Theme：Traditional Aesthetics

Best for：Families, Friends, Older People

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Prompt：Chinese-style Spring Festival portrait for the Year of the Horse, featuring a striking red-and-gold color scheme with strong festive ambiance. The model wears a modified Tang suit embroidered with horse patterns, cloud motifs and small golden horses on the collar and cuffs. Holds a hollow-carved lantern and gold-foiled "福"scroll, with a red-string golden horse pendant on the wrist. Set against vermilion spring couplets and soft warm light from antique palace lanterns, leans gently on a vintage wooden table, smiling at the camera elegantly. The high-definition, clear shot is full of authentic Lunar New Year charm.

Chinese New Year Greeting Image Example: Mirror Selfie

Theme：New Year Hot Looks

Best for：Social Media

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Prompt：A New Year-themed indoor portrait with reference to the facial features and proportions of the figure in the input reference image. The figure stands in front of a large mirror, gazing into the mirror with bright, vivid eyes, and an expression that is stern yet subtly gentle. Dressed in a red gown, holding lipstick in the right hand. The background consists of the large mirror, with "Happy New Year 2026" handwritten on its surface in lipstick, alongside two red heart patterns. The overall lighting is soft.

Chinese New Year Greeting Image Example: Magazine Looks

Theme：Red Magazine Style

Best for：Confidants, Colleagues, Social Media, Families

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Prompt：A portrait referencing the facial features and proportions from the input image. The subject has fluffy, slightly messy dark brown short hair, with a red plush apple-shaped headband (black eyes, green details) on the side. Wears a matching red turtleneck, presenting a New Year festive and gender-neutral look. The makeup is clean and natural, with light warm blush, subtle freckles, and light red or natural lips for a soft contrast, in a realistic portrait style. Set against a solid red background like a magazine cover, with artistic calligraphy "Happy New Year"at the bottom, the composition is clean and subject-focused. It adopts real photographic style, with ultra-sharp delicate skin texture, transparent and soft lighting, achieving high-end commercial portrait quality.

Chinese New Year Greeting Image Example: Firework Blockbuster

Theme：Atmospheric Firework Looks

Best for：Confidants, Couples

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提示詞：Based on the facial features and proportions of the person in the input image, generate a New Year's Eve themed portrait. The person faces the camera directly or slightly to the side, with a natural smile, palms together facing the camera, bearing the words "Hi" and "2026" written on their palms. The hands naturally form a heart shape. The person wears a burgundy knit sweater paired with a white wool scarf. The overall style is retro and festive, but doesn't emphasize gender. The scene is an outdoor nighttime setting with a background of red and gold fireworks. The night scene is blurred, and the fireworks only serve as background atmosphere, not affecting facial lighting. The warm red and gold tones, soft lighting to illuminate the face, mid-range composition, eye-level perspective, and shallow depth of field are used. The style is realistic photography with high-definition details.

Chinese New Year Greeting Image Example: Cute Baby

Theme：New Year Wishes from Babies

Best for：Families & Friends

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Prompt：A solo infant New Year studio portrait. The baby lies prone in a white gift box, leaning forward to hold a red number "6" balloon, smiling at the camera with clean realistic face, off-white knit onesie and red knit hat with a big pom-pom, soft warm New Year-style outfit. Indoor studio with light off-white backdrop, decorated with red metallic number balloons "2026" and 3D red letters "HAPPY NEW YEAR". A bunch of red balloons on the left; foreground has a white gift box with red satin bow and "Happy New Year" print, props neatly layered. Red and white as main colors, concise frame with strong festive vibe. Soft lighting, medium close-up at eye level, subject prominent.

Chinese New Year Greeting Image Example: Playful & Carefree

Theme：Happy kids

Best for：Families & Friends

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Prompt：Based on the facial features and proportions of the person in the input image, generate a New Year-themed portrait of a child. The composition should be a close-up or medium-close shot, with the child facing the camera directly. The eyes are closed, and the mouth is wide open, as if laughing or cheering. The expression is exaggerated, vivid, and full of childlike innocence and emotional tension. The child is also shown hugging a plush toy horse tightly to their chest. The toy is soft, with fine, clear fur. The child wears a black knit top and a red chunky knit scarf, creating a strong red-black contrast. The child has natural, slightly messy hair, and smooth, natural skin with a healthy, rosy blush. The background is a pure, highly saturated bright red, clean and free of clutter. The red background and scarf create a unified festive atmosphere. The style is studio portrait photography, primarily using soft, even lighting from the front. It features realistic photography, high-definition details, and realistic skin texture without excessive smoothing. The image is clean and noise-free. The overall effect is warm, lively, and emotionally engaging, suitable for New Year-themed photography, family portraits, or holiday portraits.

Chinese New Year Greeting Image Example: Papercut

Theme：Kid Papercut

Best for：Families and Friends

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Prompt：Stylized redraw based on the reference image. Strictly maintain the original composition and subject relationships. Transform the entire picture into Traditional Chinese Red Paper-Cutting Art style.

Subject: Retain the outline structure of characters and objects from the reference. Simplify people, animals, and items into paper-cut forms. Simplify into lines and hollow shapes. No photorealistic details.

Style (Strict Constraints): Pure traditional Chinese paper-cut style. Use ONLY single solid red as the positive color, leaving the rest as white space. No other colors allowed; only red and white.

Texture & Pattern: Convert all clothing, hair, and object surfaces into paper-cut patterns. Fill them with symmetrical floral, geometric, and decorative textures.

Quality: HD paper-cut style illustration, suitable for New Year prints and decorative printing. Overall flat and highly decorative.

Chinese New Year Greeting Image Example: God of Wealth

Theme：Wishes from God of Wealth

Best for：Colleagues, Families and Friends

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Prompt：Prompt: A Chinese New Year-themed illustration with a deep blue night sky in the background, featuring drifting clouds and traditional rooftops. At the center of the image is a cartoon God of Wealth, dressed in red traditional Chinese New Year attire and wearing a hat, smiling with a cheerful expression, and pointing toward the sky. The sky is filled with fireworks, with the words “新年快樂,” “馬年吉祥,” and “馬上發財” cleverly hidden among the bursts of fireworks.

Chinese New Year Greeting Image Example: Loving Couple

Theme：Sweet Love & New Year

Best for：Couples

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Prompt：A New Year greeting illustration with a strong Chinese New Year and Taiwanese festive atmosphere. The background is primarily red, accented with golden decorative elements. At the center is a circular composition featuring a real-life loving couple, smiling warmly and happily, each holding New Year ornaments or traditional Chinese knots. Parts of their bodies slightly extend beyond the circle, creating a subtle 3D effect.

The circular frame is composed of repeated “福” characters and traditional paper-cut patterns, giving the overall design a symmetrical and joyful look. The background subtly features large “福” motifs with layered textures, adding depth without distracting from the main scene. The lighting is soft, conveying a premium, elegant feel.

Chinese New Year Greeting Image Example: Cut Dog Opening Red Pocket

Theme：Pet Opening Red Pocket

Best for：Pet keepers, friends

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Prompt：Four-panel composition using the uploaded subject, interacting through warm yellow torn-paper holes:

Top left: peeking out, front paws on edge, mouth open in laughter, sparkling eyes.

Top right: leaping out, front paws raised, hind legs kicking, playful excited expression.

Bottom left: lying on front half, tongue out, head tilted, mischievous eyes.

Bottom right: side-lying peek, front paws gripping edge, tail wagging, mouth slightly open, playful and inviting.

Natural torn-paper background, cute creative photography style, high-definition, vivid details, lively and adorable.

Chinese New Year Greeting Image Example: Dog & Me

Theme：Dog & Me

Best for：Pet keepers, friends

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Prompt：Turn the image into a warm New Year-themed portrait. The figure dons a loose red turtleneck sweater, elbows forward, hand on cheek, smiling gently and looking sideways at her pet. The pet wears the same red sweater, sticking out its tongue with a happy smile, interacting affectionately. They rest on a red knit blanket scattered with "Happy New Year" couplets and "福" character paper cutouts. Pure white minimalist background, soft studio lighting, with handwritten "Happy new year" in the top right corner. The scene exudes a healing, warm and festive vibe, with a clean, translucent commercial portrait finish.

Chinese New Year Greeting Image Example: Artsy Youth

Theme：Quiet New Year

Best for：Artistic youth, designer, or anyone who prefers being quiet

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Prompt：A literary-style New Year greeting illustration with a calm and gentle atmosphere. The color palette is off-white and warm gray. Soft natural light streams through a window onto a simple wooden table, where a cup of hot tea and a branch of plum blossoms are placed. The scene evokes the interior of a traditional Taiwanese old house, with a minimalist composition and ample negative space. The style blends illustration and photography. At the bottom, small handwritten Chinese text reads: “新的一年，平安就好” (“Wishing you peace in the New Year”), understated yet elegant.

Chinese New Year Greeting Image Example: Auspicious Horse Envelope

Theme：Move Forward Like Horse Running

Best for：Business partners, elder

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Prompt：A New Year-themed illustration with a night time setting, featuring a deep blue sky illuminated by golden fireworks. At the center lies a red New Year envelope, slightly tilted on the ground, adorned with intricate golden traditional patterns. From the envelope leap three glowing horses, composed of golden and red light particles, conveying a sense of forward motion, symbolizing good fortune, success, and the start of the New Year.

The overall color scheme is dominated by red and gold, creating a festive, luxurious, and powerful atmosphere. The lighting is rich but not chaotic, with cinematic-quality effects. The style is 3D illustration or high-quality digital art. On the front of the envelope, golden Chinese characters read “新年快樂” (“Happy New Year”), with a bold and elegant font that integrates naturally into the scene.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Can New Year greeting templates be modified or reused?

All content provided in this post is AI-generated and free of copyright issues. The design ideas are also original, so you can safely modify or reuse them. However, if you are using other templates, make sure to check for third-party materials to avoid copyright infringement.

2. When is the best time to post New Year greeting images?

These images are ideal to post on December 31 or January 1. For Lunar New Year greetings, posting on Chinese New Year’s Eve or the first day of the lunar year works best. Businesses can also post 1–3 days before the festival to create a festive atmosphere.

3. Should the New Year greeting images include the year or zodiac sign?

It’s recommended, but not mandatory. Including the year or zodiac sign strengthens the festive context, which is suitable for short-term campaigns. Designs without specific holiday markers are generally more versatile and reusable.

4. Are there color guidelines for New Year greeting images?

Chinese culture emphasizes celebration. Red, gold, and off-white are commonly used to highlight traditional festive vibes. Avoid overloading with too many colors—maintain visual harmony.