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   The yellow is the representative color of Chinese nation from ancient times, and also one of the colors, which Chinese nationality advocates. In ancient times, the yellow symbolized such cultural meaning as the sacredness, imperial power, honor, loftiness, solemnity, land, territory, etc. Zhu Xi, a great thinker, said in Song Dynasty: "Countenance of the central soil." So the yellow symbolizes central imperial power and the state, at the same time it signifies the land of everything grows. Besides, one of the first ancestors in Chinese nationally-- Xuanyuan emperor had " the lucky of soil morality ". It was said that he often wore the yellow crown, so the yellow became the emperor''s favorite color later. Chinese officials wore more yellow robes in ancient times, thus forbade common people to wear the yellow clothes. "Acclaimed emperor " means that " coup succeeds, capture regime ".

   The Yellow River Basin that life multiplies from ancient times is the birthplace of the Han nationality’s culture in China. So we call the Yellow River the cradle of Chinese nation, a cradle that fosters Chinese culture. In the Chinese drama facial art, the yellow represents the bold or capable personality, such as the complexion of Huanggai etc. in the Three Kingdoms for instance.
  The derogatory sense of Chinese yellow color is from outside. Originally yellow has no meaning of corruption and degeneration. After introduced to China, the yellow has the meaning such as being reactionary, pornographic, and obscene and etc. Therefore it has produced a set of words including derogatory sense for the color itself. In recent years, the government calls and removes the public hazards in the society to "eradicate pornography ", then appears one batch of new words made up by "yellow" again, for instance: Huang Yuan, yellow goods, pornographic den and yellow tide. But sometimes "yellow" is used for pointing the meaning of "failure ", too. If the love between men and women is over, they can say the affair is "yellow ". If one thing is unable to succeed, we can say: This is "yellow ".

Now let us have a look at the yellow cultural intension in English. Yellow’s derogatory sense color stems from U.S.A. Since the 18th century, U.S.A. mostly has used yellow colored paper to print and publish some books and periodicals with low taste, so we called the pornographic books and periodicals (yellow press). In American English, yellow journalism means yellow style of running a newspaper to attract readers with characters or sensational report of low taste. Furthermore, besides basic meaning, yellow word has the meaning of "jealous ", "suspect ", "timid ", and "coward ". If a person is yellow-belly, that is to say "the coward ".本英语毕业论文由英语论文网www.51lunwen.org整理提供
 “(Zhang, 2000:90)”

If one had been "yellow ", he or she must have lost the courage (A person who is "yellow " has no courage). Yellow is also often used for the suggestion and warning. Yellow alert refers to the preparing warning of air raids. Among the football match, yellow card refers to the warning of your foul. In the past, if passengers suffered from the yellow fever in oceangoing steamship, a kind of yellow signal flag (yellow jack) would rise soon.

2.2 Metaphorical meaning of English and Chinese Color Expressions 

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