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.
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.
Ron Goninan
China Fuzhou Zhenlan Crane Boxing Australia
White Crane Research Institute Inc
http://www.whitecranegongfu.info
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hence they hide rather than be known as adults.
Wouldn't Ching Long be Green Dragon Dale?
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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.
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Qing (青 ching in Cantonese) can be translated as green or blue. Usually it means green. Sometimes it even means black.
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