how to pass parent reference in child component react code example

Example 1: pass element from child to parent react

Parent:

<div className="col-sm-9">
     <SelectLanguage onSelectLanguage={this.handleLanguage} /> 
</div>

Child:

handleLangChange = () => {
    var lang = this.dropdown.value;
    this.props.onSelectLanguage(lang);            
}

Example 2: how to pass state from parent to child in react

class SomeParentComponent extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {color: 'red'};
  }
  render() {
    return <SomeChildComponent color={this.state.color} />;
  }
}