Guess what?
199 countries in the world,
No matter which dynasty, this is still the case today.
Few countries use purple as their national flag!
Isn't purple a common color?
Purple is also a very fashionable color now!
Why don't national flags use purple?
Did purple annoy anyone?
Why on earth is this?
It started a long time ago,
For centuries, purple has meant royal status and status.
Queen Elizabeth also issued a ban,
Non-royals are not allowed to wear purple clothes!
She was also the first person to ban this!
As the saying goes, scarcity is precious,
Is it the lack of purple fighting capacity?
exactly,
Purple is very precious,
Several times more than Huang Jingui!
Because it had few dyes at first,
At first, most purple dyes,
All from Tyre, the commercial center of Phoenicia,
(Today's Ancient City of Lebanon)
The dye dealer takes out the dye from the baby shell,
Not only is the extraction process very complicated,
Extracting 1g dye requires more than 10000 small shells.
And these conchs are only preserved in the Tyre region of the Mediterranean!
Hint: Purple in English comes from Porphyra in Greece, which originally refers to the purple dye eaten by Phoenicians, and then gradually evolved into the color "purple".
Because of this,
Purple has become an extremely expensive color,
Only the rich can afford it,
So wearing purple became the privilege of the royal class,
Purple represents holiness, nobility and spirituality!
In ancient Europe, the royal family wore purple clothes.
Be considered the heir of God!
In ancient China,
The place where the emperor lived was called the Forbidden City.
"Purple gas comes from the east", which is auspicious.
Presumably this period has some origins.
Purple is expensive,
Not only for the general public,
Even the royal family often says that purple dye is too expensive.
Legend has it that King Aurelio III of Rome,
His wife was forbidden to buy Tyre's purple silk shawl,
Just because it's too expensive!
How expensive is it?
Almost three times the price of gold!
1 pound purple dye must consume 3 pounds of gold!
What is this concept?
Equivalent to $56,000 today,
Almost 360,000 RMB!
Is it ridiculously expensive
For 1 pound purple dye,
You can travel around the world carefully!
Phoenicians who created purple dyes,
Also made a fortune in that era,
Even the name Phoenicia.
It's all about purple,
That is, the meaning of "purple country".
Just because the price is too high,
Even the royal families of local tyrants are too expensive.
I can't even afford to dye the national flag purple.
Since more than a century ago,
Purple just entered the lives of ordinary people.
1856, 18 years old British chemist,
William Henry Perkin,
When antimalarial drugs are synthesized in the test,
The accident produced purple compounds,
He also invented this compound to dye fabrics!
So he applied for a patent for this dye,
And began to consume purple cloth on a large scale,
I will embark on the road of getting rich in the future!
From that moment on,
Purple is a color that everyone can afford.
Then, purple walked down the altar,
No longer means privileged status,
Members of the royal family no longer care about purple.
1900 years later,
Many countries have redesigned their national flags,
But the purple flag is still hardly used.
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