Cultural symbols

In many countries and some ethnic groups, the color red has the function of expelling evil. For example, in ancient China, the walls of many palaces and temples were red, and officials, official residences, and costumes were mainly red, which was called "Zhu Men" and "Zhu Clothes";

In the traditional culture of the Han Chinese people, the color corresponding to fire in the five elements is red, and Li Gua in the eight trigrams also symbolizes red. Red, gossip in the Li Gua also symbolizes red; because the Han Chinese red as auspicious, festive, beautiful symbol, so the Chinese language is often called the women's dress "red", and "red" refers to the beautiful women; or the women's beautiful appearance called the "Red face", also refers to the beautiful women.

Red is a bright color that symbolizes celebration. Since ancient times, festivals, weddings and celebrations, from the lights and lanterns, clothing utensils, decorative equipment, all with the color of red to reflect the joy of the occasion, 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 conveys a constant atmosphere of joy.

Peach red again see a year of spring, piggybacking on the spring flowers and willows, beautiful purple scenery. Therefore, among the poets and writers, "red" is often the favorite of poets, and "red" is played to the fullest.

Chinese culture

In ancient China, the walls of many palaces and temples were red.

In traditional Chinese culture, the color of fire in the five elements is red, and the color of Li Gua in the Eight Trigrams also symbolizes red. In traditional Chinese culture is one of the four elephants, the Vermilion Bird, represented by the color red. The color red also represents the meaning of good luck.

In Chinese gods' birth celebrations, the color red is used to decorate to indicate the day of celebration.

The color red in China traditionally denotes festivity, such as in weddings and the Chinese New Year where the color red is favored for decoration.

Traditionally, red ink was used to record losses, hence the name "deficit"; ancient emperors used red vermilion pens to write their reports, but during the time of the emperor's death and mourning, they switched to writing in blue.

The color red is used in Peking Opera to represent loyal and heroic characters, such as Guan Yu.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia - Red color