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What do white and red represent?

White and red represent:

White symbolizes the feeling of justice, purity, dignity, integrity, youth and transcendence.

White represents purity and symbolizes holiness and elegance. Western countries generally like white. Islam especially believes in white.

Red represents auspiciousness, jubilation, enthusiasm, happiness, boldness, courage, fighting spirit, exuberance and passion. In China, red also symbolizes smoothness, success, being valued or welcomed by people, such as "Red Man", "Popular", "Popular", "Internet Celebrity", "Good Luck" and "Full House".

Cultural symbol

In many countries and some ethnic groups, red has the function of exorcism. For example, the walls of many palaces and temples in ancient China are red, and officials, bureaucrats and costumes are mostly red, that is, "doors" and "Zhu Yi"; In the traditional culture of the Han nationality, the color corresponding to fire in the five elements is red, and gossip also symbolizes red.

Because the Han people regard red as a symbol of auspiciousness, happiness and beauty, women's clothing is often called "red makeup" in Chinese, which is used to refer to beautiful women. Or call a woman's beautiful appearance "beauty", which also means beauty.