The Golden Ink Spring Festival couplets are not written for the dead. It is impossible to write traditional Spring Festival couplets with gold powder unless you want to rebel. History, including royalty, literati and local gentry, dare not write with gold powder. At that time, gold couplets (not Spring Festival couplets) were only used in palaces and temples. Even if the plaques of dignitaries are given by the royal authorities, it is generally impossible to use yellow as the main color.
The difference between modern gold powder and ink. Ink is familiar to everyone. Where is the gold powder? The gold powder we use to write Spring Festival couplets is actually copper powder, which can be divided into blue, red and green according to color, with fineness of 600 mesh, 800 mesh, 1000 mesh and 1200 mesh. Under normal circumstances, 800-mesh high-quality gold powder can meet the writing requirements, and it is generally used with thinner or a mixture of gasoline and varnish. Some stationery stores and paint shops also sell gold ink.