{"id":4054,"date":"2026-09-13T05:50:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T05:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chinaculturepro.com\/?p=4054"},"modified":"2026-09-13T05:52:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T05:52:03","slug":"%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd%e6%96%87%e5%8c%96-%e9%bb%92-%e6%84%8f%e5%91%b3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinaculturepro.com\/ja\/black-meaning-chinese-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4e2d\u56fd\u6587\u5316\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u9ed2\u306e\u610f\u5473\uff1a\u8c61\u5fb4\u3068\u30bf\u30d6\u30fc"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4054\" class=\"elementor elementor-4054\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adc18d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"adc18d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e01c71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e01c71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"quick-answer-what-does-black-symbolize-in-chinese-culture\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Quick Answer: What Does Black Symbolize in Chinese Culture?<\/span><\/h2><p class=\"p1\">Black (\u9ed1, h\u0113i) has no single lucky or unlucky meaning in Chinese culture. Its significance changes with the historical period, system, material, and social setting.<\/p><ul><li><strong>Ritual cosmology:<\/strong> In the Five Colors (\u4e94\u8272, w\u01d4s\u00e8) and Wuxing (\u4e94\u884c, w\u01d4x\u00edng) system, black corresponds to Water, north, and winter.<\/li><li><strong>Qin political authority:<\/strong> The Qin dynasty adopted black for court dress, banners, and official display as part of its claim to rule through the Water phase.<\/li><li><strong>Ink and lacquer arts:<\/strong> Black serves as a material and visual language capable of expressing line, texture, distance, and tonal depth.<\/li><li><strong>Opera character coding:<\/strong> A black-painted face can indicate integrity, impartiality, forthrightness, or rough strength, depending on the role.<\/li><li><strong>Modern usage:<\/strong> Black is often neutral, formal, and restrained, although words such as \u201cblack market\u201d give it negative meanings in specific expressions.<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p1\">Black is therefore neither an all-purpose lucky color nor an inherent symbol of evil. It does not provide supernatural protection or change a person\u2019s fortune.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06679af e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06679af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2af274a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2af274a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Black is often oversimplified in explanations of Chinese culture. Some accounts equate it with death or evil; others make it a universal symbol of mystery, power, and prestige. Neither approach explains how the color works across Chinese history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The key is context. A black Qin banner, a monochrome landscape, a black face in Peking opera (\u4eac\u5267, J\u012bngj\u00f9), and the term \u201cblack market\u201d belong to different systems. This article separates them so readers can interpret art, clothing, language, and customs without forcing one meaning onto every example. For the broader framework, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinaculturepro.com\/chinese-color-symbolism\/\">Chinese color meanings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"black-is-not-one-historical-color-hei-xuan-zi-and-mo\">Black Is Not One Historical Color: Hei, Xuan, Zi and Mo<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">English \u201cblack\u201d can translate several Chinese words, but those words are not interchangeable. Some name a broad color, some describe darkness or depth, and others are tied to cloth or ink. Historical colors also varied with dyes, surfaces, and lighting, so they should not be assigned one modern RGB or HEX value.<sup>[1]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x:auto; max-width:100%; max-height:800px;\"><table>\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"header\">\n<th>Term<\/th>\n<th>Basic meaning<\/th>\n<th>Typical context<\/th>\n<th>Interpretive limit<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"odd\">\n<td>black (\u9ed1, h\u0113i)<\/td>\n<td>The ordinary broad term for black or dark coloration<\/td>\n<td>Everyday objects, color descriptions, modern compounds<\/td>\n<td>It has no single ritual or moral meaning by itself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\">\n<td>xuan (\u7384, xu\u00e1n)<\/td>\n<td>Dark, deep, or obscure; also \u201cprofound\u201d or \u201cmysterious\u201d in philosophical language<\/td>\n<td>Classical texts, cosmology, ritual terminology<\/td>\n<td>It is not simply a technical name for modern pure black<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\">\n<td>zi (\u7f01, z\u012b)<\/td>\n<td>Black or dark-dyed cloth, especially silk in early definitions<\/td>\n<td>Textiles, clothing, and later references to dark robes<\/td>\n<td>It identifies a textile color and should not be treated as a universal prestige grade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\">\n<td>mo (\u58a8, m\u00f2)<\/td>\n<td>Ink as a writing and painting material; by extension, ink-black<\/td>\n<td>Calligraphy, painting, inkstones, and inksticks<\/td>\n<td>Its cultural importance comes primarily from the medium and its use<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Another historical word, zao (\u7682, z\u00e0o), could refer to black or dark cloth and appears in terms connected with dress and status. These distinctions show why a translated label such as \u201cancient Chinese black\u201d can conceal differences in material and function. A passage using xuan may be philosophical; an object described as zi may be textile-specific; and mo usually directs attention to artistic practice.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"black-in-the-five-colors-and-wuxing-system\">Black in the Five Colors and Wuxing System<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the classical Five Colors framework, black is the standard color associated with the Water phase. It is conventionally aligned with north and winter, while qing aligns with Wood and east, red with Fire and south, yellow with Earth and the center, and white with Metal and west. These correspondences developed as a way to organize ritual, space, seasons, and political order.<sup>[1][2]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x:auto; max-width:100%; max-height:800px;\"><table>\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"header\">\n<th>Color<\/th>\n<th>Wuxing phase<\/th>\n<th>Direction<\/th>\n<th>Season<\/th>\n<th>Contextual idea<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"odd\">\n<td>Black<\/td>\n<td>Water<\/td>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>Winter<\/td>\n<td>Withdrawal, storage, stillness, and seasonal dormancy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The final column is an interpretation of the seasonal relationship, not a list of powers possessed by the color. Winter stores rather than displays growth; Water moves downward and gathers. Those observations helped black acquire associations with depth and reserve inside this particular cosmological system. They do not make a black shirt, logo, or room personally \u201clucky\u201d for someone born under a Water sign.<\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"black-the-north-and-xuanwu\">Black, the North and Xuanwu<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">The northern quarter is represented by Xuanwu (\u7384\u6b66, Xu\u00e1nw\u01d4), often translated as the Dark Warrior or Black Tortoise-Snake. The name does not literally mean \u201cblack tortoise,\u201d but the established image combines a tortoise and snake. An early sixth-century Chinese clay figure is catalogued as \u201cTortoise and Snake of the North,\u201d demonstrating the motif\u2019s recognizable visual form.<sup>[3]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Xuanwu belongs to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinaculturepro.com\/four-symbols-chinese-mythology\/\">Four Symbols of Chinese mythology<\/a>, where it marks the north and winter. A reader should identify the tortoise-snake form, the directional scheme, and the object\u2019s context before applying that interpretation. An ordinary black animal, vessel, or pattern is not automatically Xuanwu, and the color alone does not turn an object into a protective charm. The dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinaculturepro.com\/black-tortoise-meaning\/\">Black Tortoise meaning<\/a> guide examines the figure in greater depth.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"why-the-qin-dynasty-favored-black\">Why the Qin Dynasty Favored Black<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Black acquired an unusually prominent political role under the Qin dynasty (221\u2013206 BCE). The First Emperor framed Qin rule through the Five Virtues sequence (\u4e94\u5fb7\u7ec8\u59cb, w\u01d4d\u00e9 zh\u014dngsh\u01d0), a theory that mapped dynastic succession onto the conquest cycle of the Five Phases. Qin claimed the Water phase in relation to the preceding Zhou order, and black was Water\u2019s corresponding color.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The \u201cBasic Annals of the First Emperor of Qin\u201d in the Records of the Grand Historian states that court dress, banners, tallies, and flags \u201call honored black.\u201d It also connects the new order with other Water-linked changes, including the calendrical importance assigned to the tenth month.<sup>[4]<\/sup> Black therefore communicated Qin\u2019s official claim to legitimate rule and a reordered state; it was not merely a personal fashion preference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This episode must remain dynasty-specific. The evidence describes official display and political cosmology, not an eternal law making black China\u2019s imperial color. It also does not prove that every subject wore black or that all other colors were prohibited. Later courts adopted different phase theories, ceremonial colors, and clothing regulations. \u201cQin favored black\u201d is accurate; \u201cblack was always reserved for Chinese emperors\u201d is not.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"black-in-chinese-ink-painting-calligraphy-and-lacquer\">Black in Chinese Ink Painting, Calligraphy and Lacquer<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">In Chinese art, black often matters less as an abstract symbol than as a working material. Ink wash painting (\u6c34\u58a8\u753b, shu\u01d0m\u00f2hu\u00e0) and calligraphy use carbon-based ink traditionally made from pine soot or lampblack mixed with animal glue. An artist grinds an inkstick with water on an inkstone, controlling the liquid\u2019s darkness through the amount of water and the handling of the brush.<sup>[5]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This flexibility allows one ink to produce dense masses, pale washes, crisp lines, dry textures, and soft atmospheric transitions. In painting, those variations can suggest mist, rock, vegetation, distance, or movement. In calligraphy, the same brush-and-ink system records pressure, speed, rhythm, and the structure of each stroke. Scholar-painters deliberately connected painting with calligraphic brushwork, using line and historical style to express more than the outward appearance of a subject.<sup>[6]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Black lacquer belongs to a different material tradition. Early Chinese lacquerworkers used charcoal to color lacquer black and cinnabar to color it red, then developed painted, carved, and inlaid surfaces over centuries.<sup>[7]<\/sup> A black lacquer box may appear restrained, polished, or formal, while red-and-black contrast can organize a design. Those impressions come from the object\u2019s craft, finish, age, and function. Black lacquer does not automatically symbolize immortality, mourning, or imperial power.<\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"how-black-ink-creates-five-tones\">How Black Ink Creates \u201cFive Tones\u201d<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">The expression \u201cink has five tones\u201d is associated with the older idea that skilled handling of ink can supply the expressive range of color. A popular later teaching list describes the tones as scorched, dense, heavy, pale, and clear, but terminology varies among manuals and teachers. It is not a universal chart of five fixed black swatches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The principle is more useful than the list: dilution, ink load, brush moisture, pressure, speed, and the absorbency of paper or silk change the mark. \u201cFive\u201d conveys an organized range of tonal possibilities, not five auspicious grades. The phrase explains technique and visual richness; it does not give black ink a hidden supernatural meaning.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"what-black-means-in-peking-opera\">What Black Means in Peking Opera<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">In Peking opera (\u4eac\u5267, J\u012bngj\u00f9), facial colors form part of a theatrical code. Black generally signals integrity and selflessness in the face of Bao Gong, the celebrated upright judge.<sup>[8]<\/sup> On other characters, a black face may emphasize bluntness, martial strength, impatience, or a rough and forthright nature. Zhang Fei, for example, is not interpreted in exactly the same way as Bao Gong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The whole design matters: color works with line, pattern, facial area, costume, movement, voice, and the audience\u2019s knowledge of the role. It is therefore too broad to say that every black face means \u201cloyalty,\u201d \u201cgoodness,\u201d or \u201cpower.\u201d It is equally wrong to import the Western black-equals-villain formula.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Most importantly, face paint is stage language. It does not establish a rule for reading a real person\u2019s clothing, complexion, temperament, or morality. A black business suit and a black opera face perform entirely different cultural jobs.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"black-in-modern-chinese-language-secrecy-illegality-and-disapproval\">Black in Modern Chinese Language: Secrecy, Illegality and Disapproval<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Modern Chinese does use hei in several negative compounds. In these expressions, black can suggest concealment, illegality, malice, or damage to reputation. The meaning belongs to the established word, however\u2014not to every object of the same color.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x:auto; max-width:100%; max-height:800px;\"><table>\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"header\">\n<th>Chinese expression<\/th>\n<th>Pinyin<\/th>\n<th>Practical meaning<\/th>\n<th>What it does not mean<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"odd\">\n<td>\u9ed1\u5e02<\/td>\n<td>h\u0113ish\u00ec<\/td>\n<td>A black market or illegal market<\/td>\n<td>A market decorated in black<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\">\n<td>\u9ed1\u793e\u4f1a<\/td>\n<td>h\u0113ish\u00e8hu\u00ec<\/td>\n<td>Organized crime or an underworld group<\/td>\n<td>Society in general associated with black<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\">\n<td>\u62b9\u9ed1<\/td>\n<td>m\u01d2h\u0113i<\/td>\n<td>To smear or maliciously damage a reputation<\/td>\n<td>Literally painting an object black<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\">\n<td>\u9ed1\u5fc3<\/td>\n<td>h\u0113ix\u012bn<\/td>\n<td>Malicious, dishonest, or exploitative<\/td>\n<td>A physical description of a heart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\">\n<td>\u9ed1\u540d\u5355<\/td>\n<td>h\u0113im\u00edngd\u0101n<\/td>\n<td>A blacklist or exclusion list<\/td>\n<td>An ancient ritual category<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">These examples explain why a dictionary or search result may connect black with disapproval. They do not erase its neutral uses or its positive roles in cosmology, art, and theater. Some compounds also have modern or cross-linguistic histories, so their existence should not be projected backward as proof of one continuous ancient belief about black.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"black-in-clothing-funerals-weddings-and-gifts\">Black in Clothing, Funerals, Weddings and Gifts<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Modern etiquette is more flexible than fixed \u201clucky color\u201d lists suggest. Region, generation, religion, family preference, and the formality of the occasion can matter more than the color alone.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x:auto; max-width:100%; max-height:800px;\"><table>\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"header\">\n<th>Setting<\/th>\n<th>Common interpretation<\/th>\n<th>Practical guidance<\/th>\n<th>Historical boundary<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"odd\">\n<td>Everyday and business clothing<\/td>\n<td>Neutral, restrained, formal, or minimalist<\/td>\n<td>Black is normally unremarkable in work and daily dress<\/td>\n<td>Much of this formality reflects modern global fashion rather than an ancient color code<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\">\n<td>Funeral<\/td>\n<td>Dark clothing is widely accepted for guests in many modern settings<\/td>\n<td>Choose plain black, navy, gray, or other subdued dress unless the family specifies otherwise<\/td>\n<td>Traditional Chinese mourning centered on undyed hemp and white rather than a universal black dress code.<sup>[10]<\/sup> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\">\n<td>Wedding<\/td>\n<td>An all-black outfit may look too somber for some families<\/td>\n<td>Follow the invitation; when uncertain, soften black with a festive color<\/td>\n<td>There is no single nationwide ban, and historical wedding dress was more varied than a red-versus-black rule suggests<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\">\n<td>Gift packaging<\/td>\n<td>Black can look premium, formal, or severe<\/td>\n<td>Match the recipient and event; warmer accents may suit weddings, birthdays, and New Year gifts<\/td>\n<td>A black box is not automatically unlucky or funerary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">For a wedding or funeral, instructions from the hosts or family take priority over a generalized web rule. Contemporary urban events and overseas Chinese communities may also combine Chinese and international conventions. The safest conclusion is not \u201cblack is forbidden\u201d or \u201cblack is always appropriate,\u201d but \u201cblack is usually neutral, while ceremonial context determines whether it feels suitably festive or solemn.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"black-and-white-in-yin-yang-what-the-contrast-actually-means\">Black and White in Yin-Yang: What the Contrast Actually Means<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Modern taijitu diagrams commonly use black and white to visualize yin-yang (\u9634\u9633, y\u012bny\u00e1ng). The colors show complementary forces containing and transforming into one another; they do not divide the world into black evil and white good. Yin and yang are relational categories, so the meaning of one depends on its contrast and context.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Chapter 28 of the Daodejing says, \u201cKnow the white, keep to the black,\u201d within a series of paired instructions about strength and softness, honor and humility.<sup>[9]<\/sup> The line uses contrast to express an ethical and philosophical stance. It is not a general dictionary definition declaring that every black object represents yin, humility, or the Dao.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The familiar black-and-white taijitu is also a standardized later visual convention, not the only historical way to diagram yin and yang. Readers interested in the underlying relational system can consult the full guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinaculturepro.com\/yin-and-yang\/\">yin and yang<\/a>. The relevant lesson here is narrow: black gains meaning through relationship, not through an independent moral or supernatural force.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"how-to-interpret-black-correctly-in-chinese-culture\">How to Interpret Black Correctly in Chinese Culture<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Use this five-step method when interpreting black in an artwork, costume, text, or modern event:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li><strong>Identify the medium.<\/strong> Decide whether black is a color, dyed textile, ink, lacquer surface, theatrical makeup, or part of a word.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Establish the period.<\/strong> Separate early ritual classifications, Qin political usage, later art traditions, and modern social conventions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Name the setting.<\/strong> Ask whether the object belongs to cosmology, court ritual, painting, opera, a funeral, a wedding, daily dress, or ordinary language.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Read the accompanying evidence.<\/strong> Check patterns, inscriptions, neighboring colors, depicted figures, object function, and the museum or textual explanation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Choose the narrowest supported meaning.<\/strong> If the evidence establishes only a material or aesthetic use, do not add luck, evil, protection, rank, or personality.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\">When the object has no reliable date, inscription, composition, or contextual record, \u201ca neutral dark color\u201d is safer than a dramatic symbolic claim.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"common-misreadings-of-black-symbolism\">Common Misreadings of Black Symbolism<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Black is always unlucky or evil in China.<\/strong> No. Negative meanings occur in specific words and situations, while black has neutral, ritual, artistic, and theatrical uses.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Black was always reserved for Chinese emperors.<\/strong> No. Qin\u2019s preference was a dynasty-specific political program, not a permanent imperial rule.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wuxing black can change personal fortune.<\/strong> The black-Water correspondence belongs to a historical classification system and has no demonstrated power to alter events.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Every black object represents yin.<\/strong> Black and white can visualize yin-yang, but the relationship does not govern every use of black.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Traditional Chinese mourners always wore black.<\/strong> Historical mourning emphasized undyed hemp and white; widespread dark guest attire is largely a modern convention.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A black opera face reveals a real personality type.<\/strong> Face color is a stage code interpreted through a particular role and design.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Every black tortoise or black pattern is Xuanwu.<\/strong> The established Xuanwu image and its directional context must be present.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Black ink naturally means grief or death.<\/strong> In painting and calligraphy, ink is first a versatile material for line, tone, texture, and expression.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 id=\"faqs-about-black-meaning-in-chinese-culture\">FAQs About Black Meaning in Chinese Culture<\/h2>\n\n<h3 id=\"is-black-an-unlucky-color-in-china\">Is black an unlucky color in China?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">No. Black is not universally unlucky in China. It carries neutral or constructive meanings in the Five Colors system, Qin political symbolism, ink art, lacquer, and opera. Negative associations usually belong to particular modern words or solemn contexts, not to every black object.<\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"what-does-black-mean-in-the-five-elements\">What does black mean in the Five Elements?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the traditional Wuxing system, black corresponds to the Water phase, north, and winter. This was a cosmological and ritual classification used to organize time, direction, and order; it is not a personal lucky-color formula.<\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"why-did-the-qin-dynasty-favor-black\">Why did the Qin dynasty favor black?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Qin court identified its rule with the Water phase in the Five Virtues sequence. Because black corresponded to Water, official dress, banners, tallies, and flags honored black as part of the dynasty\u2019s claim to legitimate succession.<\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"what-does-a-black-face-mean-in-chinese-opera\">What does a black face mean in Chinese opera?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">A black-painted face in Peking opera often indicates integrity, impartiality, forthrightness, or rough strength. Bao Gong is the best-known upright black-faced character, while roles such as Zhang Fei use black differently. The complete makeup and role determine the reading.<\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"can-you-wear-black-to-a-chinese-wedding-or-funeral\">Can you wear black to a Chinese wedding or funeral?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Black or another subdued color is generally suitable for many modern Chinese funerals, although family instructions come first. 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