Chinese Cultural Meanings Of Color Words

Color culture is one of the most important parts in people's culture. One language is not only the reflection of material, but also as recognition, realization, conclusions and improvements of person using it. From the meaning of color words people can learn the faith, sense of hierarchy, customs, moral thought, notions of good taste, social culture and so on.This thesis is based on the most basic color words for example, "red", "yellow", "green", "white" and "black". It is emphasized on the historical background and the deep meaning of color words. It also introduces the cultural meaning of modern Chinese color words.This thesis uses induction, examples and other research methods. It researches on "the Five Elements Theory", the development of modern Chinese color words' deep meaning and so on. It also introduces culture meaning of Korean color words in brief.