Synonyms of black

1. Xuan. Heaven and earth in the yin and yang, black belongs to the sky, the so-called "heaven and earth Xuanhuang", the "Book of Rites" said: "heaven is called Xuan, the earth is called yellow." Because of the worship of heaven and earth, ancient emperors and lords wore gowns with the color Xuan for heaven and yellow for earth. The color "xuan" for black has been used ever since. The phrase "all dressed in black with white blades" in "Feng Wanzhen" means that the villagers who resisted the invaders were dressed in black with shiny swords in their hands.

Velvet. "Velvet" is the darkest type of black. Ancient emperors revered black, the lords wore to the court in the court dress is also black, called "black", so there is a "black lords" this has a cultural color of the saying. Lu Xun's "moonlight like water shining on the black" in the "black", that is, black.

Green. "Green" refers to the color blue in ancient times. For example, in Xunzi's "Advice to Learning", "Green, taken from the blue, but blue in the blue."

2 "qing" in the sentence refers to the color blue. Later on, "青" took on the meaning of black, as in Li Bai's <>: "Don't you see that the mirror in the high hall is full of sadness for the white hair, and that it is like a green silk that becomes snow in the twilight of the day." The word "green" here means black, and "green silk" means black hair. The earliest reference to the color black is probably found in Shangshu - Yugong: "The soil is green and white." Kong Yingda quoted Wang Su as saying, "Qing, black."

U. Black. For example, "wu crow", black crows; "wulong", black dragon; "wusahat", black gauze hat, later borrowed to refer to the official position; "wuyun ", black clouds, can also be compared to women's sideburns, such as Su Shi "manifold road to see the plum blossom play to the season" in "line when more to hairpin to see, sick up dark clouds are heaps."

3 Soap. "Soap" means black. In ancient times, when the soap with "soap pods" is the black pods. Yamen in the service are dressed in black cloth, called "soap clothes". Song History - Public Opinion and Clothing Zhi: "Purple Soap Flower." It means that the official clothes are purple background, black pattern.

4 Dai. Dai originally refers to the greenish-black pigment, which was used by women to paint eyebrows in ancient times. Later derived from the green-black color. Such as Du Fu's poem "Dai color in the sky two thousand feet." Then later borrowed from the woman's eyebrows, such as Bai Juyi "drunken question Li, Ma, two prostitutes": "Sorrow condensing song Dai want to smoke."

5 Green. It originally referred to the "greenish yellow", green for green. Sometimes also refers to black. Ancient poetry often used "green clouds" to describe women's hair more black. For example, Du Mu "A Fang Palace Fu": "Green clouds disturb, combing the dawn hair."