A feast of millennia-old aesthetics, the Chinese color code

Ancient Chinese sages observed the sky and created the five colors based on the five elements. From court ceremonies to folk festivals, from "five shades of ink" to "five colors," colors are the Chinese color "code" and the sediment of the Chinese spirit and cultural concepts. Yellow, as the "orthodox color" of China, represents human orthodoxy and power, and also embodies the virtues and order of heaven and earth; green symbolizes vitality and the revival of all things in spring, and is the color of hope; red is blood and passion, white symbolizes purity and morality; and black is deep and introverted. The famille rose porcelain gourd vase with dragon head and ring handles is decorated with a variety of flowers using the "hundred flowers" technique, which means auspiciousness and shows the wisdom of the people.