Why do most signs in Macau have blue characters on a white background?

Many friends who have been to Macao should find a phenomenon that most signs in Macao 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 Macau signs adopt blue characters on a white background is inspired by the design of blue and white porcelain in China. Let's take a look with Bian Xiao.

1997 the people of China are extremely excited about the return of Hongkong to the motherland. 1999, Macao returned to the motherland, and the big stone that weighed on our hearts for a hundred years finally fell to the ground. At that time, the mood of our people was two words? Excited? . Since Hong Kong and Macao returned to the motherland, Macau has become one of the must-see routes for China tourists. Especially at the beginning of 2 1 century, China 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 Macau should find that the signboards in Macau are different from those with white characters on a blue background in China, and they are designed with blue characters on a white background.

The reason why signs in Macau use blue characters on a white background is because we have to start with blue and white porcelain in China. Blue and white porcelain culture in China 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, which are very consistent with the changes of Macao coastline. Later, Macao's signboard design adopted the style of blue and white porcelain with white background, and chose the design of blue characters with white background.

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 of the Macao Museum. The earliest blue-and-white porcelain unearthed in Macao was in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty? Clark porcelain? This name was the Portuguese name for blue-and-white porcelain at that time. 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 will set sail in Macau, open the road to trade, and continuously transport China goods including porcelain, tea and silk to all parts of the world.