Why do people in China like red very much? What is the special significance of red in China culture?

In our country, there is a culture called? Red? Culture. For example, during the Spring Festival, it can be seen everywhere? Red? We will hang red lanterns, stick red couplets and window grilles, give red envelopes to the elderly and children, put on red clothes for the New Year and make all kinds of red rice cakes. When we get married, our big red quilt, big red wedding dress and big red sedan chair; On other festive days, red banners will be hung and red arches will be built? In a word, red is a must-have item in China festivals, so our celebration is also called? Something red? . So why do we China people like red? What is the special significance of red in our cultural process? Let's explore it today.

The love of red has a long history. Let's talk about primitive society first. Since occasionally learned to drill wood for fire, people use fire to cook food to fill their stomachs, disperse wild animals and save lives; And people's worship of the sun reached its peak from the beginning, because the sun gave them light and heat, gave them warmth and made everything alive. The sun is red and the flame is red-eyed, so people's respect and worship for the sun and fire has shifted to red. From then on, people began to like and chase red.

Let's follow the footsteps of history and come back to change. There is another factor that aggravates people's complex about red. In that era of limited dyeing technology, due to the difficulty in extracting raw materials and limited technology, the colors that people could dye and weave were extremely limited. But the acquisition of red is relatively simple. Because it is the easiest color to make, for example, people can easily make red with iron red, cinnabar, safflower and madder. Moreover, these raw materials can be seen everywhere and easily obtained. So in our ancient history, there were too many articles dyed red and woven red.

Let's talk about the special significance of red in China culture. Our modern history, in the final analysis, is a history dyed red. As some songs sing, our historical process is the process that red is dyed red and endowed by blood and life. Countless ancestors gave up their families, their children, their lives and their blood, creating a new century, thus creating our present peaceful and prosperous times. Therefore, for our culture, red is a spiritual worship, a conversion and a cultural symbol. Therefore, red has become our favorite color and a symbol.