Why people wear an all-red outfit around these couple months? Here's to never misinterpret a color ever again, Happy Chinese New Year!
When the calendar hits January, you will start seeing ornaments everywhere and everything turns red, bright red to be specific. The color which how people celebrate Chinese New Year in, to start fresh and welcome good incoming luck this year. Not just ornaments and firecrackers, people also wear Scarlet colored outfits to celebrate the spring festival.
But what exactly does it mean? What does the color tell you? Well, the color itself represents bravery in general, in particular cultures, red shades have different meanings- from fertility, sacrifice, to expel evil spirits, or simply a sign of danger. In Chinese culture, Bright Red has a very deep meaning as it's believed to bring joy, happiness, and good fortune into life, thus considered taboo to wear at funerals.
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