Colours of China

In the Chinese system of Wu Xing, Green is associated with the element of wood, the season of spring and the direction east which faces the sunrise at the beginning of each new day. A fitting point for our cycle of energies to begin.

Red is the colour most associated with China and for good reason. Red is the colour seen everywhere from commercial packaging to sacred buildings and represents good luck, prosperity, love, joy and the direction, south.

In the Chinese system of Wu Xing, yellow takes us to the centre, to the perfect balance of Yin and Yang. Yellow is associated with late summer, changing seasons and the element of earth.

White is the fourth colour of the five phases, pointing west and associated with the element of metal. White symbolizes righteousness, reaping at the end of the natural cycle of life and the season of autumn.

The final phase of the Wu Xing system, when all things have reached the utmost Yin, is represented by black, the element of water and the cold ice of winter. Black points north and and to the night sky. The energy of black is stillness and conserving.