Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Color in Chinese Culture

I have read that color also means a lot in Chinese culture. There are so many interesting meanings that Chinese put in to color. Probably no other culture in the world has that much meaning in color. Here are some examples: White-symbolises purity, as in many cultures, but also sometimes connects to death and is a funeral color for Chinese culture; Red- is a color of happiness and used in all holidays, red envelopes are used for greeting cards it symbolizes good luck; Green- is very unpopular color, they have a saying about a men wearing a Green Hat, which means his wife is unfaithful; Blue-Green- on the other hand is a symbol of spring and represents nature and renewal; but Blue or Dark Blue- is also a color for funerals and also symbolizes immortality; Yellow- represents freedom, it is considered most beautiful color in China; symbolizes royalty and a symbolic color of five legendary emperors of ancient China; it is thought to generate Yin and Yang and is a center of everything; it is also respected color of Chinese Buddhist and sometimes used by them in funerals as a mourning color.

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