Vintage Chinese Idiom Bell Poster Prompt

Goal: Create a vertical vintage Chinese idiom visualization poster for {argument name="idiom title" default="掩耳盗铃"}, showing the idiom literally: a man covers his ears while trying to steal a ringing bell.

Canvas: Portrait 3:4 poster, aged beige rice-paper background with subtle stains and grain, like an antique educational print.

Layout: Large black Chinese calligraphy title centered at the top. Directly underneath, add the English subtitle in small serif capitals: “COVERING EARS DOES NOT STOP SOUND”. Below that, place a small red boxed label reading “成语事故现场 02” with thin red horizontal divider lines extending left and right.

Main scene: An ancient Chinese courtyard drawn in detailed monochrome ink engraving. On the left, one large bronze temple bell hangs from a thick horizontal wooden beam by metal rings and chains. The bell is ornate, dark, heavy, and textured, with raised studs, carved panels, and a scalloped lower rim. A rope is tied to the bell’s clapper or lower edge and stretches diagonally down toward the right.

Character: On the lower right, show exactly one adult ancient Chinese man in dark traditional clothing, crouching and pulling the rope with his body leaning backward. He covers both ears with his hands while still trying to steal or move the bell. He has a small topknot hairstyle, loose black robe and trousers, a tied waist sash, boots, and a tense comic posture.

Sound visualization: Draw many thin red concentric sound-wave rings radiating from the bell across the entire courtyard, passing around the man to emphasize that covering his ears does not stop the sound.

Background: Include a stone-paved courtyard floor, a pale courtyard wall with faint decorative panels, a traditional tiled roof and wooden gate structure on the right, tree branches with sparse leaves behind the wall, and carved wooden architectural details on the left. Keep the environment historically Chinese and slightly theatrical.

Annotated elements: Include exactly 3 red numbered callouts: “01” near the ringing bell and sound waves, “02” near the man covering his ears, and “03” near the stone ground in the lower center-left. Use thin red leader lines and small circles for the callouts.

Visual style: Highly detailed pen-and-ink line art, muted black and sepia tones with restrained red accents only for the sound waves, callouts, and small label. The image should feel like an old Chinese storybook diagram mixed with a modern infographic poster. No photorealism, no bright colors, no extra characters, no watermark.