Hi,

Can anyone tell me the value and or significance/meaning of the colour "Blue" in Chinese culture, ranking etc?

I am very interested in this form a cultural and Martial Arts level and would appreciate any and all information and discussion.

Blue is a fine color, but people in China, they prefer bright red. You can know this from their national flag. Blue is something to do with sea, and with wisdom.

As in many cultures in asia, red indicates the "blood" that was shed for the nation my friend. Being of asian american heritage, throughout asia, including Japan,red means blood. My asian friend Savannah is correct that most asian nations have the color red in their national flags primarily due to the fact that the chinese culture was dominant in asia for many hundreds of years, including the home of my ancestors japan. The Japanese as did most of the asian cultures owe a lot to china and the chinese people who traded far in the Orient creating little chinatowns wherever they went to preserve their history and beliefs. Her evaluation of the color blue is also accurate, too. In most asian nations blue represented wisdom or "intellectuals" who were responsible for writing down and preserving the history of those nations (in japan they call them scribes)! This is why in many places in asia asian girls now use "blue contact lens" and think it is more beautiful to have blue eyes rather than the ones they were born with, too. If you should enter Shanghai or Beijing you will soon find out that many of them are now showing "blue eyes" to foreigners while many of my foreign friends think it is hideous. Oh well, if it makes them feel more happy and confident about themselves then let them do it! And while we are on the subject of colors and their meaning in Asia. Let me briefly add a few more; black = death,horror, or demonic authority, yellow/gold = prosperity/weatlth, purity of heart or mind, white = longevity,pure breeding,smoothness, sexual excellence, etc., Savannah is an excellent example of the essence of what it means to be chinese, and of course, she can help you the most on this subject too. Roses to you today Savannah!:-)

Thank you Champ, but my fav color is purple
I don't wear contact lens by the way, I wear transparent ones if I needed or purple one lol ..............

Now that you mention it, "Purple" is for the priesthood Savannah. Are you planning on studying to become a priest?

Maybe? Ask those people that wear purple on the street?

Do you know this quote?

“The purple testament of bleeding war.”

William Shakespeare quotes

Now your turn to make another theory for the color of purple?

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an Edmund Burke (1729-1797) statement, "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it." Burke was a British Statesman and Philosopher who is generally viewed as the philosophical founder of modern political conservatism.

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late 1941 for example.

Arguably it wasn't ignoring the lesson of history that was Hitler's fatal mistake, it was not adapting to changing circumstances. Is China going to fall into the same pit? Are they going to adapt to the changing circumstances of racism in their midst, violence against women, and unfair trade policies with other countries? I think you, I, and GD, all know the answer to these questions, don't we?


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But isn’t it possible that race-based “unfairness” and “discrimination” could be a bad thing for China in the future? Shouldn’t China learn from all the mistakes that it has seen other countries like the United States make in its past, so it can be a great nation in the future?

Yes, that right. But, so does every nation in the world.
Happy Christmas to you and your sweet Japanese wife!

So, why follow china or chinese then if you are going to be just like the usa? haha...think girl...you are going to be the very ones you condemn for their mistakes, when you plan to do the same thing....hehehe...hohohoho...merry christmas, I think that even GD will say I win this time? So what happens to the nations that made the mistakes. They are declining and in the end so will China, too. You say you are going to be better than the rest of the nations of the world then stop doing what they do and make a change! Remember you said that not me!

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I don't like to see the bad things, especially not during the holiday season. So, talk something nicer and cheers for the goodness or tell me what gifts you got for Christmas?