Chinese Dress: : Cheongsam: : Qipao: Meaning of Different Color

Chinese dress get almost the same meaning in color as the Chinese clothing. Here we get some examples.

Red. Red stand for good luck, happiness and keeping the evils away from people who wear in red. So in China, the red Chinese dress is the first and necessary choice for wedding, and festivals.

Black. Black gets the very opposite meanings against red in China. Especially the black crows are very dog-ass in China, if they linger around one's house.

White. White is pure and noble. But it is not good luck if the bridal wears it in the wedding in ancient China. It is used for the funeral and to memory the people died off. But it get changed in present China. More and more bridals are happy to wear white bridal dress. That's the embodiment of the Chinese and Western culture's combine.

Yellow. The yellow Chinese dress is dazzling. But only royal can wear in that color in ancient China. But now it changed at all.

Purple. Since the Tang dynasty, purple is the symbol of nobleness.

Colorful dress. Women are not allowed to wear in colorful dress in 3years, if there're unpleasant things happened in the family, in ancient China. They can only wear plain dress, without making up. At present, these archaic customs changed a lot.