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8 COLORS AND THEIR SYMBOLISM IN CHINESE CULTURE
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Posted on 03/25/2021 8:39:19 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 03/25/2021 8:39:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Is this for us to learn our new culture?


2 posted on 03/25/2021 8:40:07 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, Covid-19 or Gates and Fauci's mRNA-1273 Moderna vax?)
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“We’ve always been at war with Eastasia, Winston.”..............................


3 posted on 03/25/2021 8:40:44 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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Which color represent f u u sobs?


4 posted on 03/25/2021 8:42:43 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Trans Undocumented. Anti Woke Supremacist. Covid Abortionist.)
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Brown.....................


5 posted on 03/25/2021 8:44:21 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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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?


6 posted on 03/25/2021 8:44:34 AM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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The more you know about your enemy the better.


7 posted on 03/25/2021 8:44:44 AM PDT by Mogger
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“Is this for us to learn our new culture?”

Exactly what I thought.


8 posted on 03/25/2021 8:45:17 AM PDT by brownsfan (Term limits! Without term limits, we are doomed.)
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To: Veto!

Certain things diplomats don’t do:

Cross your legs when speaking to an Arab dignitary.

Wear color purple in front of a Chinese diplomat............


9 posted on 03/25/2021 8:46:22 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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How do these map to the ‘rainbow flag’?


10 posted on 03/25/2021 8:46:25 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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Will give you that.


11 posted on 03/25/2021 8:46:41 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, Covid-19 or Gates and Fauci's mRNA-1273 Moderna vax?)
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In traditional Chinese symbolism, purple symbolizes divinity and immortality. In modern times, purple is used to represent love or romance. Use purple in your kitchen to attract love and affection.

Or use it in your hair before meeting with Chinese diplomats so you look like a complete idiot.

12 posted on 03/25/2021 8:53:15 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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Purple In traditional Chinese symbolism, purple symbolizes divinity and immortality.

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/


13 posted on 03/25/2021 9:00:59 AM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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Hmmm. Purple in the kitchen attracts love. I can just see a purple kitchen. Yuk.


14 posted on 03/25/2021 9:01:27 AM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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The article is in error.

Blue (as well as Black) are associated with the Water element.

Green is for Wood.


15 posted on 03/25/2021 9:02:11 AM PDT by BeauBo
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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.


16 posted on 03/25/2021 9:09:47 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Chinese communism will look different once the masks come off.)
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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.


17 posted on 03/25/2021 9:21:27 AM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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Yes.......................


18 posted on 03/25/2021 9:22:43 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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Which color represent f u u sobs? ~ Uncle Miltie

Brown..................... ~ Red Badger

That's so gay!

19 posted on 03/25/2021 9:25:05 AM PDT by null and void (The media decides what news you can see and NOT SEE. But don't you dare call 'em Not-Sees)
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That would be a rainbow....................


20 posted on 03/25/2021 9:27:53 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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