• A
  • A
  • A
  • АБВ
  • АБВ
  • АБВ
  • A
  • A
  • A
  • A
  • A
Обычная версия сайта
  • RU
  • EN
  • HSE University
  • Publications
  • Book chapter
  • Symbolic meaning of colors in Chinese and Russian culture
  • RU
  • EN
Расширенный поиск
Высшая школа экономики
Национальный исследовательский университет
Priority areas
  • business informatics
  • economics
  • engineering science
  • humanitarian
  • IT and mathematics
  • law
  • management
  • mathematics
  • sociology
  • state and public administration
by year
  • 2027
  • 2026
  • 2025
  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001
  • 2000
  • 1999
  • 1998
  • 1997
  • 1996
  • 1995
  • 1994
  • 1993
  • 1992
  • 1991
  • 1990
  • 1989
  • 1988
  • 1987
  • 1986
  • 1985
  • 1984
  • 1983
  • 1982
  • 1981
  • 1980
  • 1979
  • 1978
  • 1977
  • 1976
  • 1975
  • 1974
  • 1973
  • 1972
  • 1971
  • 1970
  • 1969
  • 1968
  • 1967
  • 1966
  • 1965
  • 1964
  • 1963
  • 1958
  • More
Subject
News
May 14, 2026
Resource Race and Green Transition: Three Unexpected Conclusions from Foresight Centres Research on Climate and Poverty
Beneath the surface of green energy—which most people associate with solar panels, electric vehicles, and reduced CO2 emissions—lies a complex web of geopolitical interests, international inequality, and resource constraints. Researchers from the Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies (LST) at the HSE ISSEK Foresight Centre have published a series of articles in leading international journals on hidden and overt conflicts surrounding critically important metals and minerals, as well as related processes in the energy sector.
May 13, 2026
Immersion in Second Language Environment Influences Bilinguals Perception of Emotions
Researchers at the Cognitive Health and Intelligence Centre at the HSE Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience have discovered how bilingual individuals process emotional words in their native (first) and non-native (second) languages. It was found that the link between word meaning and bodily sensations is weaker in a second language than in a first language. However, the more a person is immersed in a language environment, the smaller this difference becomes. The article has been published in Language, Cognition and Neuroscience.
May 12, 2026
‘Any Real-Economy Company Can Use Our Products
The HSE Centre for Financial Research and Data Analytics combines fundamental and applied work, including in areas unique to Russia such as the connection between sentiment in the media and social networks and financial markets. The HSE News Service spoke with the centre’s director, Professor Tamara Teplova, about its work.

 

Have you spotted a typo?
Highlight it, click Ctrl+Enter and send us a message. Thank you for your help!

Publications
  • Books
  • Articles
  • Chapters of books
  • Working papers
  • Report a publication
  • Research at HSE

?

Symbolic meaning of colors in Chinese and Russian culture

.
Baglai N. O.

This paper focuses on a specific topic because since ancient times, the Chinese and Russians have assigned different and sometimes even opposite meanings to certain colors. For learners of Chinese or Russian culture, it is very important to be aware of these different meanings.

Language: English
Keywords: Russian cultureChinese culturesymbolic meaning color

In book

Новый мир. Новый язык. Новое мышление. Выпуск VII: Материалы VII международной научно-практической конференции
М.: Дипломатическая академия Министерства иностранных дел Российской Федерации, 2024.
Similar publications
ЛИНГВОСТРАНОВЕДЕНИЕ КИТАЯ
Пруцкий А. А., Гультяева Г. С., Хабдаева А. К. et al., -, 2023.
The book has been prepared on the basis of original reference texts containing information about China. Each section includes a glossary, the main text for reading, a lexico-grammatical commentary, tasks and exercises for the main text, additional texts with exercises, tasks for communicative practice and multimedia material. It is intended for students of the training ...
Added: October 24, 2025
Поэтическая мысль И. Г. Павлова в позднесоветской интеллектуальной истории (предисловие к публикации)
Pavlov I., Patria 2025 Т. 2 № 4 С. 108–123
The introductory text precedes the publication of the article by Severodvinsk poet, philologist, and journalist Ilia Georgievich Pavlov (1954–1992), titled Tyutchev’s Mountains and Waters: Myth and Symbol in Tyutchev’s Lyrics, written in 1984. The creative legacy of I. G. Pavlov is not as widely recognized not only by the general public but also by researchers of late ...
Added: October 6, 2025
Exorcism and New Age in Russian Orthodoxy
Nosachev P., , in: Dwelling in Parallel Worlds: Esoteric and New Age Milieus in the Soviet Period and Afterward.: Berlin: Lit Verlag Berlin, 2025. P. 58–60.
Added: September 12, 2025
Культура русских в археологических исследованиях: сборник научных статей. В 2-х томах: Том 1
Издательский Дом "Наука", 2024.
The collection of articles includes the latest research and materials on the study of Russian culture of the 16th-19th centuries based on archaeological data. The article considers the history of the formation and development of the "archaeology of Russians" direction. The memorial section is dedicated to the scientific activity of A.R. Artemiev. The priority areas ...
Added: July 7, 2025
Легенда о Мэн Цзяннюй: адаптация древнекитайской легенды в современном мире
Болдырева Д. И., Обсерватория культуры 2025 Т. 22 № 1 С. 104–110
The popularity of the traditional story of the legend of Meng Jiangnu is increasing in modern culture: every year there are more and more lite rary, theatrical and cinematographic references, and the number of films, TV series and music videos is multiplying. Culture reacts sensitively to any changes in society — new forms of embodiment of ...
Added: April 29, 2025
Coloring Trust: Insights and Research Perspectives
Kosova E., New psychological research 2025 No. 1 P. 80–133
Color, as a unique perceptual characteristic, is gaining increasing importance in the digital age, significantly influencing our perception of virtual environments and our interactions with them. This article explores the intersection of two key areas of psychology: the psychology of trust and the psychology of color. The primary aim of this work is to analyze ...
Added: April 10, 2025
Элемент безумия и декадентства в русской культуре
Glebov O., Demenchuk P., Логос 2025 Т. 35 № 2 С. 257–276
The article is devoted to the study of S.A. Kuryokhin's hypothesis that the element of ‘madness’ is a characteristic feature of Russian culture. The study of this hypothesis is valuable because, firstly, the conceptualisation of the concept of ‘madness’ will make it possible to understand Kurekhin and his work, resulting in the formation of a ...
Added: March 14, 2025
Philosophy and Semiotics of Colour and Light in the Artistic Legacy of the Roerich Family
Olga Lavrenova, Southern Semiotic Review 2024 No. 20
The Roerich family is a remarkable phenomenon in the cultural history of Russia and India of the 20th century. Nicholas Roerich was a great artist, thinker, traveller, and the founder of the international Agreement on the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historical Monuments signed by the 22 countries of Northern and Southern Americas ...
Added: February 19, 2025
Lotman as a Culturologist and His Experience in the Reconstruction of Russian Culture
Zhukova O., 俄罗斯文艺 (Russian Literature & Arts) (Китай) 2024 No. 3 P. 129–139
Lotman successfully worked in the field of cultural history and theory. Based on the textual and semiotic approach he proposed a productive model for the description and interpretation of Russian culture — its semantic thesaurus (semiosphere). His way of considering the national culture through the prism of creative precedents that make up its history offers ...
Added: November 30, 2024
Аксиология гладкого и корявого : интерпретация визуальной философемы из «Федона»
Lečić N. D., Schole. Философское антиковедение и классическая традиция 2024 Т. 18 № 2 С. 860–887
The article is devoted to the identification and description of a speculative innovation that was clearly formed in Plato, which we designate as “the axiology of the smooth and the rugged.” According to this speculative innovation, smoothness is seen as a sign of perfection — as understood by Plato and the philosophers who influenced him ...
Added: August 2, 2024
Over-specification of small, borderline cardinalities and color in referential communication: The role of visual context, modifier position, and consistency
Natalia A. Zevakhina, Kseniya N. Dongarova, Shubina D. et al., Frontiers in Psychology 2024 Vol. 15 Article 1417047
This paper reports on two flash-mode experiments that test redundant descriptions of small (2–4) cardinalities, borderline (5–8) cardinalities, and color in referential communication. It provides further support for the idea that small cardinalities are more salient (due to subitizing), less sensitive to visual context, and therefore give rise to higher over-specification rates than color. Because ...
Added: July 12, 2024
Влияние психологии культуры и идей «Чжун Юн» на формирование митигативных признаков средств выразительности в китайском языке
Мизриева Л. Р., Тахтарова (Латышева) С. С., Успехи гуманитарных наук 2022 № 4 (268) С. 125–133
A distinctive feature of the Chinese language is the influence of Confucian ideology. The attitudes and postulates formulated by Confucius and his followers, philosophical ideas, in particular “zhong yong” (“Middle and unchanging path”) have been intertwined for centuries and firmly fixed in the linguistic consciousness of the Chinese. As a result, the principle of "zhong ...
Added: December 4, 2023
Linguacultural type of parent in Chinese culture
Baglai N. O., , in: Проблемы лингвистики и лингводидактики в неязыковом вузе : 5-я Международная научно-практическая конференция: сборник материалов конференции. В 2-х томах, Москва, 15 декабря 2022 годаТ. 1: Лингвистика.: М.: МГТУ им. Н. Э. Баумана, 2023. P. 245–248.
The subject of this study is the linguistic attributes of the linguacultural type of parent in Chinese culture, using such resources as scientific works of V.I. Karasik and Francis L.K. Xu, Chinese dictionaries, fragments of texts from Chinese folklore such as Twenty-Four Stories of Filial Piety, fiction and relevant Internet materials. Based on the material ...
Added: November 17, 2023
Corrigendum: The Authenticity Scale: Validation in Russian Culture
Nartova-Bochaver S. K., Reznichenko S. I., Maltby J., Frontiers in Psychology 2021 Vol. 12 Article 675919
Copyright © 2021 Nartova-Bochaver, Reznichenko and MaltbyIn the original article, there was a mistake in Figure 3 “The optimal CFA model tested for the Authenticity Scale compared with the original model (Wood et al., 2008).” as published. Near the item 1, which is included in Acceptance External Influence subscale, the sign “–” was mistakenly put. ...
Added: November 4, 2022
Об основных инструментах цивилизационно-культурного влияния "мягкой силы" Китая в отношении стран Латинской Америки
Емельянов А. И., Вестник Московского государственного лингвистического университета. Гуманитарные науки 2021 № 12(854) С. 189–202
The article examines the current state of relations between China and Latin American countries, including the place of China's "soft power" in foreign policy towards Latin American states. The main sources and tools of Chinese "soft power" are studied in various spheres, including economic, cultural and educational, which also includes the activities of Confucius Institutes. The question is raised ...
Added: October 31, 2022
И всё же, почему Россия вызывает у нас ностальгию?
Ёмота И., Историческая экспертиза 2022 № 1 С. 11–25
The current international socio-political situation in connection with Russia sets up Japanese intellectuals and Japanese society as a whole for a memoirreflexive, nostalgic tone. What is Russia and the Soviet Union in the eyes of the Japanese? Domestic history of culture in the broadest sense — classical literature, classical music, science, cinema, space, cuisine — all this is subjected to ...
Added: October 25, 2022
Моделирование структуры групповой интерпретации концептов МУЖЧИНА/ЖЕНЩИНА в русской лингвокультуре
Товкес М. Ю., Вестник Новосибирского государственного университета. Серия: Лингвистика и межкультурная коммуникация 2022 Т. 20 № 3 С. 151–165
The issue of studying gender stereotypes in different cultures stems from the need to outline current trends in the variability of normative mental representation of men and women. A cognitive-communicative approach makes it possible to interpret conceptual changes in group language consciousness. A stereotype is understood both as a format of knowledge with a prototypical ...
Added: September 7, 2022
Positive Psychology in Russia
Leontiev D., Osin E. N., Lebedeva A., , in: The International Handbook of Positive Psychology.: Cham: Springer, 2022. Ch. 10 P. 277–305.
Added: February 6, 2022
РУССКАЯ культура на перекрестках истории. Дальний Восток, близкая Россия
Белград: Логос, 2021.
Публикуемые в настоящем сборнике работы исследователей из России, Японии, Южной Кореи, Тайваня и других стран представляют широкий круг вопросов по русской культуре XIX–XXI вв. Статьи сборника отображают многообразие спектра явлений культуры и касаются самых разных областей: идентичности и межкультурных контактов, литературы, языка, истории и изобразительных искусств. Книга адресована филологам, а также широкому кругу заинтересованных читателей. ...
Added: October 29, 2021
РУССКАЯ КУЛЬТУРА НА ПЕРЕКРЕСТКАХ ИСТОРИИ. Дальний Восток, близкая Россия. Вып. 4
Zamyatin D., Белград: Логос, 2021.
Публикуемые в настоящем сборнике работы исследователей из России, Японии, Южной Кореи, Тайваня и других стран представляют широкий круг вопросов по русской культуре XIX–XXI вв. Статьи сборника отображают многообразие спектра явлений культуры и касаются самых разных областей: идентичности и межкультурных контактов, литературы, языка, истории и изобразительных искусств. Книга адресована филологам, а также широкому кругу заинтересованных читателей. ...
Added: October 28, 2021
  • About
  • About
  • Key Figures & Facts
  • Sustainability at HSE University
  • Faculties & Departments
  • International Partnerships
  • Faculty & Staff
  • HSE Buildings
  • HSE University for Persons with Disabilities
  • Public Enquiries
  • Studies
  • Admissions
  • Programme Catalogue
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
  • Exchange Programmes
  • Summer University
  • Summer Schools
  • Semester in Moscow
  • Business Internship
  • Research
  • International Laboratories
  • Research Centres
  • Research Projects
  • Monitoring Studies
  • Conferences & Seminars
  • Academic Jobs
  • Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development
  • Media & Resources
  • Publications by staff
  • HSE Journals
  • Publishing House
  • iq.hse.ru: commentary by HSE experts
  • Library
  • Economic & Social Data Archive
  • Video
  • HSE Repository of Socio-Economic Information
  • HSE1993–2026
  • Contacts
  • Copyright
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Map
Edit