In 2008 the Chinese will officially have their chance to mix a little of their culture with the traditions of the Olympics.
For example, on the official Olympics website for 2008, one can quickly find in the Torch Relay section at the top, a banner full of red waves and, you guessed it, a red dragon. In China, a red dragon symbolizes both happiness and power and it is a red dragon that will symbolize the lighting of the flame!
In creating his vision of how China would be portrayed on the Olympic website Zhifeng mingled traditional colors with a color not represented in Feng Shui; a color not a part of Chinese culture.
The main color theme of the Olympic website for 2008 is the modern and beautiful blending of blue and green to produce teal. Teal represents a new age of modernity; a color, which right now in China represents an increased awareness of globalization. The Chinese have embraced this color and display it proudly.
Although red will never be pushed aside at the heart of Chinese culture, it will, for a while, have to share the stage with teal.
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Chinese use icons to show Olympic support
Chinese Web users, stung by international criticism of China ahead of the Beijing Olympics, have splashed red across the Internet by adding hearts and “CHINA” to their names when chatting online in a show of support.
Several Reuters reporters’ contact lists for online chat programs, such as Microsoft Corp.’s MSN, steadily filled up with red hearts during the day, though opinions differed as to what, exactly, the symbol signified.
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Authored by Kate Smith
I read recently that large pictures of Chinese opera masks will adorn the Olympic buses this summer.
In the article there was a reference to fact that the colors of the masks each stands for particular traits of the opera character.
Well, that was all it took for me to begin exploring the meaning of the colors of the the Chinese opera.
See what I learned about the colors used in these elaborately decorated masks…
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