There are many opportunities for a man to wear green clothes and green hats in his lifetime, green comes from nature, symbolizes life and vitality, and in the context of some countries, green also represents growth and confidence.
In the movie "Princess Sisi", the Austrian emperor wore a towering green hat to greet his beautiful wife Princess Sisi, and the red, white and green color scheme was quite jumpy, with the male protagonist's heartfelt smile, too eye-catching, as if it heralded the misfortune of future married life.
Princess Sissi, movie screenshot, picture/network
Believe me, the Chinese male audience watching this movie, even if they know that the national conditions are different, still have a great misunderstanding of this scene, and can't help but send out a barrage: "If you want to live a good life, you must have a bush of green on the top of your head." ”
Since the ancient love of green has continued to fashion week, the designer chose to transplant the green grass on the body, this time the theme can be called "nature as clothing", but also added a modern sustainable concept, so that environmentalists also clap their hands.
LOEWE Spring/Summer 2023 Menswear, Photo/Web
In their eyes, green is the ancient source of life.
It would be a mistake to think that Europeans just treat green as a normal color and take it out from time to time to make a gimmick to attract attention. Some countries have integrated green into the blood as pride.
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01 Everyone here loves to wear a green hat
Ireland was inconspicuous among european countries, and was overpowered by Britain everywhere, but they spread the green hat to the world with their faith in green.
Every year on March 17, Ireland's St. Patrick's Day, people parade through the streets in costumes. Of course, many countries in Europe have the custom of celebrating festivals, and the special feature of the Irish is green, men and women, young and old, wearing green clothes, wearing green hats, and their faces are full of happy smiles.
So, we call this festival Green Hat Festival.
They have such a preference for green, not without reason, otherwise you see so many countries in Europe, why are the Irish fascinated by green? Wouldn't the pop colors of Fashion Week be more fragrant every year?
The small island of Ireland, which is a typical temperate maritime climate, is kissed by the warm currents of the North Atlantic every year, the vegetation grows very well, and the lush green has become the pride of Ireland, so that they have a natural affinity for green.
In the deep green jungle, the ancient Irish gave birth to the mysterious druid, who were doctors, teachers, prophets, judges, and the druids used magic to teach the people, magic, is the world's most popular name for it.
However, this fascinating mystery was broken by an Englishman.
St. Patrick, an Englishman, was a rebellious teenager when he was a child, not reading books, and even less believing in God. Later, he was sold into slavery in Ireland, and after tasting enough of the sufferings of the world, when he was cornered, he had no choice but to pray for God's help.
Once, after walking in a desolate place with a group of bitter people for 28 days and almost starving to death, St. Patrick prayed to the gods and encountered a group of wild boars, which made him respect the gods and greatly increased the prestige of his fellow travelers. Even when he escaped later, he kept doing psychological construction for himself: "It is God who is helping me, it is a miracle." ”
St. Patrick in Green, a stained glass pattern from a church in Ireland, pictured/wikipedia
Later stories are full of fatalism. St. Patrick returned home to study the doctrines, and after completing his studies, he went to Ireland to spread the teachings, and after much painstaking effort, freed Ireland from the primitive polytheistic worship of the druids and brought the Catholic light to every corner of the island.
Legend has it that March 17 is the day of St. Patrick's death, and people commemorate him on this day, from which St. Patrick's Day comes.
So, what does this have to do with green clothes and green hats? History does not record That St. Patrick's preference for green, on the contrary, the early St. Patrick's Day was also popular for blue, how did green become the mainstream color of today's men, women, young and old?
This is related to Ireland's national connection to green.
If the lush vegetation makes the Irish naturally feel good about green, then the next thing is a bit deliberate.
An earliest legend dating back to the 11th century shows that the irishman's ancestor was bitten by a poisonous snake, and it was Moses who saved him and left a green mark.
In the 17th century, the Irish Catholic Confederation used the green harp flag and wore green ribbons and clover on St. Patrick's Day. As for why clover was used, it is said that when St. Patrick was preaching, he used green clover to explain the doctrine of the Trinity, which was handed down.
Did you find a problem at this point? Who was Moses? In Catholicism, he is known as a prophet and lived around the 13th century BC. However, St. Patrick brought Catholicism to Ireland in the 5th century, and with such a long time lag, did Moses really save the ancestors of the Irish?
Stories are written by later people, religious spread needs miracles, but also need stories, in view of the Irish people's natural good feelings for green, Catholic spread deliberately strengthen the connection with green, over time, it is not clear whether it is the Irish love green, or religious spread to give the Irish green feelings, in short, green, gradually become the symbol of Ireland.
Similarly, St. Patrick's Day became a green ocean, not in mainland Ireland, but in North America.
From 1845 to 1850, the Great Famine in Ireland, millions of people emigrated overseas to seek a livelihood, most of them went to the United States, how to build a sense of national and cultural identity overseas? How can a weak group of people gather the strength of their compatriots? St. Patrick's Day became an excellent bond, and green became a color recognized by Irish people everywhere.
North American celebrations are more grand than in Ireland, and even the parade in the streets began in North America, and later reversed the influence on Ireland, and now the parade has become more like a carnival, and the green has been completely played by The Irish around the world.
Green clothing, accessories, and even green skin are just pediatrics.
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As an important part of Ireland's tourism industry, the festival is also involved in the promotion of the official, people have proposed a beautiful idea to light up landmarks, the Sydney Opera House first took the brunt of st. Patrick's Day green, since then more and more followers, more than 600 iconic buildings around the world have turned green, join the carnival.
Guangzhou's small barbarian waist is not willing to be lonely, for the St. Patrick Festival to turn green, photo / Xinhua net
If you want to say that the Americans will play, they dye a whole river green, and the people in green hats on the riverbank, and as the crowd surges, they play a concerto called green to celebrate this grand festival. If possible, they will also dye the sky green.
The Chicago River, dyed green, photo/wikipedia
02 Asian countries are also very fond of green
If Europeans love green, which is a normal manifestation of our very different culture, then the love of green in Asian countries is really difficult for many Chinese people to understand.
The great China has had a profound impact on Asian countries since ancient times, and in many countries, the shadow of Chinese culture can be seen, but the attitude towards this green is really different.
Not long ago, the new vice president of the Philippines, Sarah, a female political star who once punched the sheriff, staged a green fashion show.
Whether it is in the election campaign or at the inauguration ceremony of the president, the beautiful green color is always very attractive, and people can't help but want to look at it a few more times.
Philippine Vice President-elect Sarah is sworn in, photo/Xinhua
But to think it's just to attract attention and get voters to pay more attention to her is wrong.
Philippine politics has conventional unspoken rules, and different colors represent different political expressions. Red represents leadership, courage and boldness; Orange, representing warmth and reliability; Yellow, representing optimism, energy; The point is, green, representing growth, harmony, faith.
Ms. Sarah examines her life, from her childhood dream of a pediatrician, to a TV host, a lawyer, to the mayor of Davo, and finally embarked on the road of family politics, she is a strong and climbing woman, she once punched the sheriff at the scene of the demolition, she was too impulsive, but this won her a lot of folk favor.
Strong, impulsive, determined, grown, seems to be green, and quite matched.
But in fact, it is also a helpless choice. Red is the color of the opponent and cannot be chosen; The president who once chose yellow was ousted from office and could not be elected; Blue, there is a famous red-blue dispute in the United States, the Philippines was once a Colony of the United States, too sensitive to choose; Then all that's green.
So, throughout the election, green floated around the Philippines, people wore green, supported dear Sarah, people liked green because it not only represented Sarah's faith, but also the color of life.
Another Southeast Asian country, Myanmar, people also like green, and people who wear green are particularly easy to be respected.
In the eyes of The Burmese people, green represents knowledge, which can make people quiet, think quietly, and study diligently. The teacher's uniform is white and green, wearing this uniform to take the bus, people will take the initiative to give up their seats, even free tickets, to attend the wedding, but also to arrange to VIP seats.
The students' uniforms are also white and green, everyone likes it, and even some rich children do not go to international schools, insist on stubbornly choosing public schools, just to wear white and green school uniforms, because wearing such a walk on the street, will usher in many respectful eyes, let people feel in their hearts: Double cool!
White-green school uniforms for primary school students in Myanmar, photo/Global Times
If you've been to South Korea, you'll be shocked by their construction industry, why they always like to put a little green on the roof.
Looking around, the green grassland is on top, and although Koreans have not dyed their hair green, they like to paint their roofs emerald green.
Greatly shocked green roof, photo/Global Network Travel
This phenomenon Koreans themselves also feel strange, not that there is any misunderstanding of green, but do not know why, suddenly everyone has become a handsome man and a beautiful woman with green heads.
Some Korean media have specifically studied this matter and probably summarized three reasons.
First, most of South Korea's waterproof paint is green, which is mainly influenced by Japan, because some of Japan's roofs are green, the same visual color spread to South Korea, people feel that green can alleviate eye fatigue, and it is the color of nature, vibrant, very comfortable, and naturally choose green. However, white is now popular again, because white can reflect sunlight and reduce indoor temperature, but the previous green volume was too large, and it was still green dazzling from a high altitude.
The second reason is the Blue House of the former presidential palace of South Korea, and the roof is also composed of cyan tiles. Of course, this is a historical reason, when the Construction of the Blue House was built by the Joseon Dynasty, and our Ming Dynasty is the relationship between the clan and the clan, according to the rules of that time, the Blue House needs to be built according to the shape of the royal palace, and the building adopts the color of Danqing, which is distinguished from the yellow of the Chinese Imperial Palace. So the Blue House has always been cyan, cyan and green are similar, so Koreans have always liked green.
The third reason is that South Korea's metropolises, especially Seoul, are plagued by the heat island effect. In order to alleviate this, the government has come up with a "green roof" project to encourage people to build roof gardens, use green plants and roof gardening to reduce the temperature inside the building, expand the green plant space, reduce the outflow of rainwater, and improve air quality, thereby alleviating the heat island effect. However, this is simpler to say and harder to do, who has so much time to garden all day, directly painted into a green roof is more convenient.
However, unlike the situation in Ireland, the Philippines, and Myanmar, South Koreans are not loyal to green, and according to the survey, a new generation of Koreans prefer blue, or black, and find these colors cooler and more fashionable.
In short, in their eyes, green is a normal color, like Chinese, there are not many people who have awkward feelings for green.
What exactly does green do to Chinese?
Green has not always been ambiguous in China.
Guan Erye Zhengzheng iron bone, wearing a green robe, wearing a green hat, did not affect his tough guy image in the slightest, but became a symbol of loyalty.
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The ancient people, that is, the people who were officials, would also wear green.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, official uniforms were divided into five colors: Vermilion Crimson Green, the lowest-ranking officials wore cyan, upwards were green, and then Crimson, Purple, and Zhu, a system that continued until the Tang and Song Dynasties, and green as the color of the imperial court's official uniforms represented power, and the deep sense of oppression at the official level.
The ancients also called the four seasons youth, Zhu Xia, Su Qiu, Xuan Dong, which is well understood, that is, literally: cyan spring, vermilion summer, white autumn, black winter.
It can be seen that green is also a normal color in the eyes of the ancients, although it is not as important and prefers green as the countries mentioned above, but it is not like now, when it comes to green, it is associated with those things.
How did all this messy thought come about? Could it be that some alien creatures have implanted programs for us, so that everyone suddenly has the same prejudice?
Just kidding.
Although green is the color of the official uniform, it is the inferior color in the official uniform, the color worn by low-level officials, and it belongs to the intermediate color, which naturally cannot be compared with the positive color.
The intercolor and positive colors are the embodiment of ancient Chinese philosophical thought. The positive color is like the three primary colors we are talking about now, and the intercolor is other colors mixed with the three primary colors, which can also be called variegated colors. Green belongs to the intercolor in the eyes of the ancients, so its status has always been relatively low.
During the Han Dynasty, some servants used to wear green turbans, and some slaves and singers in the Tang Dynasty wore green clothes, which is the color that some low-status people would wear. Even if they wear green official uniforms, they are also low-level officials, and those who have ambitions must work towards red and purple official uniforms.
Guan Yu was originally a criminal outcast, dressed in green is also in line with his identity, but Guan Erye's own charm is too strong, the light of loyalty has long covered the clothes, and what color he wears does not affect people's evaluation of him.
But even if the status of green is low, people still look at it normally, and as for those panicked ideas full of connotations, they can be traced back to the Song and Yuan dynasties.
During the Song Dynasty, Beijing was prosperous and open, the nightlife was rich and wonderful, and a large number of Qinglou were used for people to chant poems and enjoy life. Later the Mongols came and established the Yuan Dynasty, and in order to manage these fireworks willow lanes, men were required to wear green turbans among the relatives of prostitutes. This is very deliberate, as soon as you go out, you will expose your identity.
Legend has it that in the Ming Dynasty, a woman's husband was out doing business for many years, and once her husband suddenly came home, frightening her lover to hide under the bed for a night. Later, the woman thought of a way, sewed a green hat for her husband, as long as he went out wearing a green hat, the lover ran to the house to fool around, and then the neighbors all knew, and the reputation of the green hat gradually spread.
During the Republic of China, the aunt of a general was reduced to a prostitute, which was reported by the newspapers, and as a result, it was changed into an oil poem by a good person, which said: The general wears a green turban, which makes the general extremely angry.
As the saying goes, good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, green is Chinese, it is a stereotype formed from ancient times, so that we are still a little uncomfortable looking at the green hats of other countries.
Of course, this bias is also slowly changing, because in this era of individuality, colors no longer represent any metaphor, and the green guy who is walking towards you may just be chasing the popular colors of a certain season.
St. Patrick's Day (Green Hat Festival)
When: March 17 every year
Location: Dublin, Ireland, London, United Kingdom, New York, New Zealand, Canada and other cities
Irish descendants all over the world, resulting in the Green Hat Festival all over the world, this day people turn green, dancing in the streets parade, restaurants, bars also have corresponding festive food, wine launch, is very happy.
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