Orange (colour) political and social movements. In the United States Army, orange has traditionally been associated with the dragoons, the mounted infantry units which eventually became the US Cavalry. The 1st Cavalry Regiment was founded in 1833 as the United States Dragoons. The modern coat of arms of the 1st Cavalry features the colour orange and orange-yellow shade called dragoon yellow, the colours of the early US dragoon regiments. The US Signal Corps, founded at the beginning of the American Civil War, adopted orange and white as its official colours in 1872. Orange was adopted because it was the colour of a
Plum Blossom Award fifty hopefuls. In 1992, actress Song Dandan refused to accept the Plum Blossom Prize that she had been awarded because of what she called "the scandal of corruption and lies behind the selection process". Plum Blossom Award The China Theatre Plum Blossom Award (Traditional Chinese: 中國戲劇梅花獎; Simplified Chinese: 中国戏剧梅花奖; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguó Xìjù Méihuā Jiǎng), more commonly the Plum Blossom Award, is the highest theatrical award in China. It is awarded by the China Theatre Association. In 1994, the China Theatre Association began awarding Second Plum Blossom Prizes to distinguished performers who had already won the prize once. In 2002,