Re: CHAT: colours (out damn spot...;)

Hi!

J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> writes:
>...
>     In quite a number of cultures, white is the colour of skulls & bone(s),
> mourning, death, etc. In many older southern Chinese and Asian jungle-dwelling
> tribal cultures, jade is the colour of purity and of talismanic
> power/protection - hence IMHO the modern-day Southern Chinese obsession with jade jewelry.
Ah, right, I remember two things: my Chinese friend did not like white
candles at dinner because they reminded her of funerals.  Fortunately,
I had red candles, too. :-)

And I remember the Chinese word for 'flaw that makes a piece of jade
perfect.'  Unfortunately I forgot the Mandarin word.  It's one
morpheme, of course. :-)

**Henrik