Symbols of the Five Traditional Chinese Colors

The Moral of the Five Traditional Chinese Colors:

The traditional Chinese five-color system regards green, white, red, black, and yellow as the positive colors, which represent the five directions of east, west, south, north, and center respectively, and also correspond to the five elements of wood, gold, fire, water, and earth.

The so-called heaven and earth, black is considered the color of heaven in the I Ching. From the primitive clan society to the Qin Dynasty, black has always been the color of reverence, it can be said that black in ancient China is the king of all colors, but also the longest monochrome worship of color in ancient Chinese history, black encompasses the source of Chinese civilization.

In ancient Chinese culture, black is a symbol of the north, representing the five elements of water, is one of the five colors, there is no derogatory meaning. The Qin Dynasty was still black, and we can see in movies and TV dramas that both emperors, ministers, and soldiers in the Qin Dynasty had black as the main color of their costumes and armor.

White has multiple meanings in the ancient Chinese concept of color. White is a symbol of the West in the direction, representing gold in the five elements. In Han Chinese culture, white is associated with death and funerals, and the white in red and white joy refers to funerals. Today, at Chinese funerals, relatives and friends of the deceased usually also wear black veils on their arms and small white flowers on their lapels as an expression of mourning and respect for their dead loved ones.

In traditional Chinese theater, the color white also represents treachery and headstrong. White was the color of commoners in feudal society, and commoners were called white ding, white clothes and white bodies.

Red, a bright color that symbolizes auspiciousness and festivity, represents fire in the five elements and south in the directions. Since ancient times, festivals, weddings and celebrations, from the lanterns and decorations, clothing and utensils, decorative equipment, all with the color red to reflect the joy of the abundance of joyful events, not only expresses the congratulations on the holiday, the joy of the heart is also emanating from the red red joy among them. The red color symbolizes good luck, and also conveys a constant festive atmosphere.

Ancient China, yellow is a noble color is a symbol of the color of the earth, the five elements represent the earth, the direction of the center on behalf of the orientation. After the Han dynasty, yellow to nearly golden splendor to become a symbol of the royal color, the common people shall not be red and yellow for clothing. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin Chenqiao mutiny, the generals to give him a yellow robe, will represent the embracing of the emperor, became the king of a country, visible yellow that is on behalf of the royal power of the noble color.

Cyan, representing the five elements of wood, in the direction of the East, in China's ancient culture has the meaning of life, but also a symbol of spring, which symbolizes the strong, hope, simplicity and solemnity of the ancient Chinese artifacts and clothing often use the color cyan, in China's ancient society, the color cyan has an extremely important significance.

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