What is the significance of the color of cheongsam worn by women in the Qing court? Is there a difference between high and low?

In fact, basically, except for a few more symbolic colors, you can't wear them casually, and there is no special color meaning. They all followed the popular customs at that time and were more loved by the emperor and the empress dowager.

Empresses usually wear red, bright and yellow clothes on formal occasions. In this way, she showed her honor as the master of a palace and the mother of the world. Because yellow is the color of the royal family, and the color of Zhen Hong has the meaning of being in the right position, empresses are generally not allowed to wear Zhen Hong and bright yellow clothes except the queen. Except for the award-winning ones. As for people with high status, such as imperial concubine, they can only wear yellow and red. Further down, it's not even qualified to wear.

Therefore, in the royal family, only red and yellow are distinguished, and other colors are not so particular. Generally speaking, the difference in clothing between empresses and concubines in Qing Dynasty depends on the embroidery patterns and the flags they wear.