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The Chinese saying "Yellow generates yin and yang" implies that yellow is the center of everything. Associated with but ranked above brown, yellow signifies neutrality and good luck. Yellow is sometimes paired with red in place of gold. [citation needed] The Yellow River is the cradle of Chinese civilization.
Identifying human races in terms of skin colour, at least as one among several physiological characteristics, has been common since antiquity.Such divisions appeared in early modern scholarship, usually dividing humankind into four or five categories, with colour-based labels: red, yellow, black, white, and sometimes brown.
A Qing-era painting depicting the victory of the Banners over the Muslim Du Wenxiu rebellion in Yunnan, includes a Qing military flag with the five elements arranged in the order of yellow, white, black, green and red. Painting of the Qing army facing the Panthay Rebellion in Yunnan. The Qing military used a five-color flag.
The color yellow implies that China belongs to the Chinese people, a "yellow race". [12] After working out the details of the placement of the stars and their sizes (he had tried to put all of the stars in the center, but thought this too dull), he sent his "Five Stars on a Field of Red" ( 紅地五星旗 , hóng dì wǔxīng qí ) design to ...
Chinese red was originally made from the powdered mineral cinnabar, but beginning in about the 8th century it was made more commonly by a chemical process combining mercury and sulfur. Vermilion has significance in Taoist culture, and is regarded as the color of life and eternity. "Chinese red" appears in English in 1924. [33]
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This article says yellow in Chinese culture "is considered the most beautiful and prestigious color", but yellow also sometimes refers to Chinese people (or Asians in general), although the usage may be outdated and may not be politically correct. Examples: Wiktionary:yellow; Banana, coconut, and Twinkie; Yellow Peril; color terminology for race
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