Color of Traditional Wooden Doors in Northern China

It's not that old people like to use black doors, but in the old society with strict hierarchy, ordinary people really dare not use doors of other colors except black doors. Different colors represent different classes and have different meanings.

For example, the scarlet door is a symbol of power. The color of this door is the highest, and only the emperor and other royal relatives can use it, while the yellow door is first-class and noble. The Yellow Gate will be used by powerful ministers like the Prime Minister's Office to show their identity and status. Third, there are green doors, and finally there are black doors, and so are black doors. This is the most common door. Some big families in ancient times had to choose black as the next best thing because they couldn't use these noble colors. Fortunately, the Black Gate looks dignified and dignified enough. At that time, most people used wooden doors and couldn't afford paint, but people in the city liked black in the future. So the tradition of painting the gate black has been passed down to the present.

And this kind of gate is in some places in the northeast. These black painted gates are called? Black gate? Don't look at this dark door. Although there is no design, there is a colorful door god painting on this dark door, which is a symbol of darkness. People say that Black Gate is black, and its representative meaning is black. People think it can make it difficult for evil spirits to invade and keep the house safe, so the black door color becomes the door god.

In modern times, it is not difficult to find that many families have bright black anti-theft lock doors. On the other hand, because black is useless enough, it won't look abrupt or weird with any color. In modern times, Hermon is still deeply loved by the people. The Zhuhong Gate, which once represented orthodox authority, can only be built on some ancient buildings, but red is too eye-catching.