Note 359 — Chapter XI · K’ANG HSI MONOCHROMES

White was also used in the worship of the Year Star (Jupiter). Other colours which have a ritual significance are yellow, used in the Ancestral Temple by the Emperor, and on the altars of the god of Agriculture and of the goddess of Silk; blue, in the Temple of Heaven and in the Temple of Land and Grain; and red, in the worship of the Sun.