12/22/2023 0 Comments Color as elementORANGE - indicating change, adaptability, spontaneity, strengthens concentration GREY - dull, indefinite, though also silver, hence income angerįive Elements: Wood Direction: East Season: spring Condition: windy, rain Įnergy: generative Phase: new Yang Development: generative Planet: Jupiter Īnimal: scaled, especially dragon Heavenly creature: (Azure, Green) Dragon Fruit: plum Grain: wheat Īction: countenance Sense: sight Sound: calling Smell: rancid Taste: sour GREEN - growing, generating, sprouting, striving, refreshing, balancing, calming, healing, self assurance, foundation, benevolence, health, harmony, sensitivity, patience vs. GOLD - completeness, wealth, metal, God consciousness lack of willįive Elements: Water Direction: North Season: winter Condition: cold Įnergy: conserving Phase: full Yin Development: dormant Planet: Mercury Īnimal: shelled, especially tortoise Celestial creature: (Black) Tortoise Fruit: chestnut Grain: millet Īction: listening Sense: hearing Sound: moaning Smell: rotten Taste: salty īLUE - conserving, healing, relaxation, exploration, trust, calmness, immortality Such a mixture of a colors can lead to a combined interpretation.īLACK - color for young boys (who will continue the family/ancestor lineages),ĭelving into the depth of something, flowing, dormant, conserving, immortality, stability, knowledge, trust, adaptability, spontaneity, power, career, will, emotional protection, calmness vs. A color can consist of a “main, dominating” color and a shade of another color. Note that colors are ‘in motion’ as well. Regarding colors with the understanding of the Five Element theory allows to understand the five ‘main’ colors as a process, showing the Chinese Taoistic thought of the Five Elements as a further and more refined step to understand and categorize or analyze the Yin-Yang philosophy, as the Theory of the Five Elements describes the interaction and relation between Yin and Yang, between phenomena. The color yellow characterizes the center of a bagua chart. The Chinese poems ‘Songs of Chu’ describe the Five Emperors to which the Yellow Emperor belongs, as directional God, granting the Yellow Emperor the direction ‘center’. The associated grain is rice (which ripens in the yellow earth and as food stabilizes mankind). The emperor himself is said to have helped Fuxi to create the Chinese Calendar.Īt the end of his Huang Di’s life, a yellow dragon is said to have appeared, carrying the Yellow Emperor off to the heavens by invitation of the gods.Īccording to the Five Elements Theory, the color yellow belongs to the element earth, represented through the direction center or zenith, a stabilizing energy, a balanced ying- yang. Huang Di was coined the name Yellow Emperor because his army tribe honoured the value of the ‘Yellow Earth’ which was the symbol of farming and the ‘Yellow River’ of the central land (China).ĭuring Huang Di’ s reign, his tribe was able to practice traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture and acupressure, make bronze coins and his wife Lu Zu discovered silk and helped to create silk weaving for clothing. He is the emperor that is said to be the ancestor of all Han Chinese people and is believed to have reigned around 2697 BC to 2598 BC. Historically, people actually worshipped the color yellow during the reign of the legendary Chinese sage king, a chief deity of Taoism, Huang Di or Huang Ti, better known as the Yellow Emperor. Hence, the bagua represents not only all elements, but the cosmos. Together, these aspects form the integrated whole of the Five Element Theory.įeng Shui incorporated the Five Elements while being based on the bagua. The Five Element Chart shows associated properties or aspects of each element. In Chinese believes, the cosmos mirrors the Five Elements, therefore each color represents or is associated with a symbolic meaning. The same applies for the color green, as it is often considered ‘green- blue’ or ‘blue- green’. It should be noted that the color black is often considered ‘black- blue’ or ‘blue- black’, hence the specifics of the two colors can be found combined. With the establishment of the Five Elements Theory, the spectrum of colors was enlarged, leading to the use of not only black and white, but red, green and yellow, a total of five ‘main’ colors. _ Symbolism of Colors, Asscociations of The Five Elements in Chinese Beliefs and Feng Shui Color’s Symbolism - Five basic colors - Five Elements.īefore the Five Elements Theory was used and according to Taoists’ believe, there were only two colors: opposing, yet complementary principles, black and white, yin- yang. Home Earth Continents Asia Thailand / China Chinese New Year Photos Chinese Customs and Traditions Glossary Symbolism of colors
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |