Why are most signboards in Macau written in blue on a white background?

Many friends who have been to Macau should find a phenomenon. Most of the signboards in Macau are blue characters on a white background, which is just the opposite of the white characters on a blue background in our mainland. In fact, the reason why Macao's signboards use blue characters on a white background is inspired by the design of blue and white porcelain in China. Let's take a look at it with Xiaobian.

In p>1997, Hong Kong returned to the motherland, and the Chinese people were extremely excited. In 1999, Macao returned to the motherland, and the big stone that had been on our hearts for a hundred years finally landed. At that time, the mood of our people was two words? Excited? . Since the return of Hong Kong and Macao to the motherland, the Macao tour has become one of the necessary routes for Chinese tourists. Especially at the beginning of the 21st century, our country has not developed in an all-round way. Many people will travel to Hong Kong and Macao to feel the elegance of the metropolis, and many rich people will choose to go shopping in Hong Kong and Macao. Many friends who have been to Macao should find that the signboards in Macao are different from those with white characters on a blue background in our country, and they are designed with blue characters on a white background.

The reason why Macau's signboards use blue characters on a white background can be traced back to our blue-and-white porcelain. China's blue-and-white porcelain culture has a very distinctive decorative style, and blue-and-white porcelain works are loved by art collectors all over the world. In the process of urban construction in Macao, a large number of blue-and-white porcelain wares and fragments of blue-and-white porcelain have been unearthed, and these fragments are very consistent with the changes of Macao's coastline. Later, the design of signboards in Macao adopted the style of blue and white porcelain with blue flowers on white ground, and chose the design of blue characters on white ground.

A large number of cultural relics related to Macao's history are exhibited in the Macao Museum, among which blue and white porcelain is the highlight. The earliest blue-and-white porcelain unearthed in Macao was from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty? Clark porcelain? This name was the Portuguese name for blue-and-white porcelain at that time, and it was an export blue-and-white porcelain fired in Jingdezhen, China during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Portuguese would set sail in Macau, opening the road of trade, and continuously transported China goods including porcelain, tea and silk to all parts of the world.