英语聊天话题：畅谈中国文化第11章 黄，中国人崇尚的颜色.doc

英语畅谈中国文化50主题第11章Yellow：China’SFavoriteColor黄中国人崇尚的颜色A：Chinesepeopleseemtoliketheredandyellowcolorsalot.ThetwocolorsareusedfortheChinesenationalflag.TheyarealsothepredominantcolorsforthecoverdesignofsomeimportantbooksaswellasinthedecorationsformajoreventssuchastheflowerdisplayinTian’anmenSquareduringtheNationalDayholidays.A：中国人似乎很喜欢红黄两色你看中国国旗就是由这两种颜色组成的。很多重大场合或重要书籍的装帧总会用到这两种颜色。国庆节天安门广场摆放的花坛也是以这两种颜色作主调。B：ThecolorpreferencesoftheChinesepeopleareinfluencedbythefiveelementsofmetalwoodwaterfireandearthinadditiontogeographicallocationsandweather.Chinaisahugeandgeographicallydiversifiedcountry.Itiscoldinthenorthsopeopletherelikewarmcolors.Butitisjusttheoppositeinthesouth.OfallthewarmcolorstheHanpeoplelikeyellowespecially.B：中国人对色彩的好恶除了受地理、气候的影响外也受到传统五行说的影响。从地理方面说中国是个地域广阔的国家北方寒冷人们喜欢暖色；南方炎热人们喜欢冷色。在暖色中汉民族最崇尚黄色。A：MaybebecausetheHansoriginatedintheYellowRiverPlateauaregionwhereyellowwastheprevailingcolor.A：这也许是因为汉民族的发源地是黄土高原这个地域满目黄土之色。B：Youareprobablyright.Asfarasthefiveelementsareconcernedthecorrespondingcolorsarewhitegreenblackredandyellow.Yellowisthepredominantcolorandissituatedinthecenterofthediagram.YellowwasalsothecolorrepresentingtheimperialcourtintraditionalChina.ItwasestablishedastheauthoritativecolorrepresentingtheEmperorduringtheHanDynastymorethan2019yearsago.DuringtheSuiDynastyyellowwasofficiallydesignatedastheexclusivecolorfortheimperialfamily.ItwasusedintheEmperor’sclothesthepaperonwhichtheEmperorpublishedhisdecreesandthecalendarthatwasprintedbytheImperialCourt.B：可能是吧。从五行说来看金、木、水、火、土所代表的五色分别是白、青、黑、赤、黄其中黄为主色位在中央。在中国古代社会黄色是皇权的象征。在两千多年前的汉代朝廷就规定“衣尚黄”确立了黄色的权威地位。从隋朝起黄色成为皇家专用的颜色。皇帝的龙袍称作黄袍；皇帝的文告用黄纸写成称黄榜；皇帝颁发的历书用黄纸印刷称为黄历。A：Peoplehaveatraditionofmakinga“longevityoutfit”forthedeceased.Theinnersideoftheoutfi