Is this for us to learn our new culture?
Which color represent f u u sobs?
I actually love Chinatown, Chinese Food, Chinese New Year parades in cities with large Chinatowns, and the color red. Who cares what colors “mean” to Chinese people?
Or use it in your hair before meeting with Chinese diplomats so you look like a complete idiot.
Purple In traditional Chinese symbolism, purple symbolizes divinity and immortality.
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Somewhat analogous to purple being reserved for the Emperor in Ancient Rome. Might be due to the difficulty in dying cloth purple in ancient times. The ancient method involved collecting marine snails and then boiling them for days.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-ancient-rome-purple-dye-was-made-from-snails-1239931/
The article is in error.
Blue (as well as Black) are associated with the Water element.
Green is for Wood.
I had a girlfriend back in the 90s who tried to explain Feng Shui to me and she started by saying that various places in the home represented various aspects of life.
“For example,” she said, “the southeast corner of your home represents your love life.”
I said, “That’s where my toilet is.”
Next she went into the colors and I begged off saying this was already beyond me.
There was a story around that time of a woman in Los Angeles who was advised by her Feng Shui counselor to paint her door red for good luck and happiness. So she had it done. The next day, the red door was covered in gang graffiti.
https://thenationalpulse.com/analysis/day-57-biden-sent-a-purple-haired-staffer-to-confront-the-ccp/
Never wear purple to diplomatic meetings, color reserved for the emperor.
They were: orange, indigo, violet, yellow, red, blue and green.
If purple and violet are pretty much the same, then the Chinese have 5 of the 7 in their list.