"Yellow" was originally a special color for the ancient royal family, but why did modern times become synonymous with "pornography"?

As we all know, yellow is not only the noblest color in ancient China, but also the color used by the royal family. From the majestic palace of the Imperial Capital to the pavilions and pavilions of the palace, the curtains and quilts taken away by the royal family to the robes and boots worn by the emperor are all golden yellow. The yellow used by the royal family is not allowed to be touched by ordinary people. Otherwise, it is bullying the monarch and violating the rules. If it is light, it is exile. If it is heavy, it is murder.

However, today, yellow has been branded as pornography and has become synonymous with pornography. In fact, this unexpected change came from the influence of the west at the end of 19.

1894, a magazine named Yellow Magazine was founded on an island in the west of England. A group of novelists, essayists, poets and painters with literary talent formed a literary group called "decadent school" around magazines. Their works are a bit erotic, which is not enough to make yellow synonymous with pornography. However, on April 3, the following year, the famous British playwright Wilde was arrested for homosexuality. The episode in which he was arrested also discredited pornographic magazines. At that time, the newspaper said that Wilde had a yellow magazine under his arm when he was arrested, so people took it for granted that this magazine was as vulgar as Wilde. The next day, a demonstration was held in front of the publisher of the yellow magazine, and the window glass was smashed with stones.

In fact, on the day of Wilde's arrest, the book under his arm was the novel Love of God by French writer Bill Louis, just like many cheap novels in France at that time, with a yellow cover. This kind of novel is called "Yellow Book" and is also considered not elegant. Therefore, the western "yellow", whether pornographic or vulgar, is generally considered ugly. For more than 100 years, yellow has been a series of inevitable and accidental factors with erotic significance. Make yellow gradually evolve from a royal aristocrat to a synonym for yellow vulgarity.

Today, people are used to using "yellow" to refer to things with obvious pornography. If a thing or thing is marked as "yellow", it is often the object that must be "swept" and "hit".