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.
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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.
Ranking? are you serious?
Blue symbolizes immortality. Dark blue is also a color for somber occasions like funerals and deaths.
blue symbolizes the small shiver that happens sometime when you pee.
Thats not livin' buddy.
I am ranked "Azure Donkey"
Chinese sash colours tend to stick with the colours that correspond with 5 phase/ 5 elements.
white/gold/green/red/black
which each correspond to
wood/metal/earth/fire/water
...and so on. Cosmologically speaking, there's not much there on Blue.
Look at old symbolism you see in Chinese culture.
Blue Dragon: Ching Long
White Tiger: Bai Hu
These were the images seen in many temples.
I would infer the meaning would be strong, wise, etc using the color blue based on this.
Wouldn't Ching Long be Green Dragon Dale?
I understand asking a really tough gangster to see his "Blue Dragon" is seen as a compliment.
The concepts of green and blue were sometimes conflated into the idea of a single color. I remember reading that about 40 years ago in an old book about Chinese symbols.
Qing (青 ching in Cantonese) can be translated as green or blue. Usually it means green. Sometimes it even means black.