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1、红色在东西方中不同的含义象征红色是幸运的象征：在古代中国，红色是幸运色，是财富的象征，可以驱病避邪；在中国戏剧里，红脸关公是人们敬奉的圣人，是忠义的代表；在近现代史，毛泽东所发起的“文化大革命”被称为红色的海洋。在印度，至今依然有许多人将头发染成红色。这是一种对美的追求。红色被许多印第安人当成魔咒，在跳神灵舞时，族人的脸常常被染成了红色；许多红色的物品，如画上图案的骨头、石头和手帕也通常被人们看成是幸福和健康的护身符。居住在新几内亚的巴布亚人，那里至今依然保留着石器时代的生活状况，他们也将红色视作幸运色。新西兰的土著族毛利人将酋长的房子和战船漆成红色，在一些特殊的庆典活动中，他们甚至将酋长及其
2、家人的身体全部染成红色。红色是灾难的象征：在古代埃及，如果庄稼欠收，人们会认为是红发女郎惹的祸而杀死她们。在信奉基督教的西方国家(爱尔兰是一个例外)，人们认为红发女郎是魔鬼的情妇，“是魔鬼用地狱的颜色做的标记”。中世纪的欧洲，红色成为政治争端的起因。红色在农民战争期问作为平等的象征被广泛使用，愤怒的农民为人人都可以穿“红袍”(一种前面开衩的大衣，在当时广泛流行)而斗争，而在此以前，这种特权只有富人才能享有。Red is an ancient color to human. In ancient time, people get warm and light from the sun, fire
3、 was used to cook. The impression from the sun and fire were red, so they thought red is a warm color that can bring us into happiness and excitement. In both Chinese and English culture, red is usually associated with happy occasions. In Chinese, red are the symbols of celebration, luck, victory, l
4、oyal and welcome. we will hang red flags, red lanterns and stick red slogans to congratulate. (“开门红” means achieving success at the first step; “走红运” means having good luck; “事业红火” means a prosperous business; some red faced people in the play represent loyal heroes. The red words, red candle, red e
5、ndshield 红盖头 and the brides red coat in the wedding can bring not only happy but also the good luck that which will make the bride and bridegroom live a rich life. )In Chinese, the red also represent the revolution, “红色革命” means resisting despotic rule. The red can also represent the dangerous signa
6、l in Chinese, the fire truck and the alarm light in china are also red. In Chinese, red is also the description of the Erotic event. For example, “红杏出墙” means wife is disloyal to her husband; “依红偎翠” means man enjoys a beautiful spring scene. In western countries, the red is the color of life, fire a
7、nd blood. The red, like the fire and blood, has dual nature in the symbolic. Dazzling and centrifugal pale red has the characters of diurnal, male and tonic stimulating activity. The red, like the sun, can encourage people. From this meaning, the red represents the life, birth, love, warmth, inspire
8、d passion and celebration.For example, “red-letter days” means holidays such as Christmas and other special days. Such days are printed in red on calendars, rather than in blank for ordinary days. Another example is “to paint the town red” means celebrating widely, going out to drink and have a good
9、 time, eg: “tomorrow will be a red-letter day, he is getting married”, “on the night before he got married, he and a few friends painted the town red”. Also, “roll out the red carpet for someone” means “to give a lavish welcome”, as in “he was the first European head of state to visit their country,
10、 and they rolled out the red carpet for him”. The English people think red stands for devoting oneself to faith and philanthropism, in some liturgy, people in red express Agape love. In the article, red represents happy, sanguine is a symbol of persistent and dauntless. In the Whitsunday the church
11、should be decorating in red.By contrast, scarlet has the characters of nocturnal, female, secret and ultimately centripetal activity, and stands for the secret of life. Red is the color of war, loss of blood, the destructive power of fire, and hate, and the sign of warning; even it can annoy people
12、to some degree. In some English idioms, “go into the red” means incurring a financial deficit; “see red” means someone fly into a rage, go mad and is in a towering rage; “paint in red” means describing something as shocking news; “red brick” means university of second choice; “red eye” means low-cos
13、t whisky; “red flag” means dangerous signal; “red neck” means clodhopper. Red can also represent violence and cruelty, for example, “red battle” means bloody battle; “red activities” means violent activities; “red rules of tooth” means law of jungle；“ red-covered papers” means national secret docume
14、nt; people will stick on a red label on the hazard materials; “red alert” means air alert.The red also represents debauchery, American and British people call the sex service area the red-light district, for example, if a American or a English say “Is she really so red?”, he means “Is she really so
15、profligacy?”. “A red waste of youth” means red boys and green girls debauchery. According to the bible, the scarlet woman is the symbol of evil, if a woman commits the crime of adultery, then a red capital letter “A” will be pinned on her dress as a punishment given to her. This literary quotation comes from bible: come now, and let us reason together, saith the lord; though your sins be scarlet, they should be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they should be white as wool. So both the scarlet and red have the meaning of salacity.
