Significance of Color in China

Chinese like red very much because in China red is the color of good luck and auspiciousness. Red is used as a holiday and wedding color. It can also give people a sense of royalty. The walls of Forbidden City are painted with red. Chinese babies are given their names at a red-egg ceremony. Red is the color most commonly found in national flags and Chinese national flag is red too. In addition, Superstitious people think red frightens the devil.

Green is a symbol of spring in china. People love it because when all the trees became green, a new year will begin. But be careful when you are selecting a hat as a present for your Chinese friend. We know that green symbolized victory in ancient Greece, people wore green as a mark of honor in the highlands of Scotland and green is the national color of Ireland. But in china, never present a green hat to your friend for it means a wife is cheating her husband.

A white flag is the universal symbol for truce. But White means mourning in China. In Chinese funerals, people often dress in white. Black means death, evilness and depression in China. Chinese never dress white in a wedding ceremony in ancient times. But as the opening-up, Chinese brides get used to dress in pure white at their wedding ceremonies.