Introduction: When going to the barber shop, people will see a rotating colored lamp in front of the door, at first, the color of the lantern is composed of red, white and blue, its color is particularly eye-catching, the process of rotation is very attractive, many people are curious, what is its purpose?
Judging from the color, it can be known that this is a very European style product, the lantern hanging in front of the barber shop is also called "hairdressing lamp", it originated in ancient times, Europe with the development of the times, gradually flowed into China, about the use of hairdressing lights
There are 3 ways to say this:
The first statement
During World War II, Germany invaded France, the situation in the country was chaotic, the army began to withdraw, the masses helped to cover the army, in order to cover the army to escape, a barber unfortunately died at the hands of the German army
In order to commemorate the barber, people painted the red, white and blue colors of the French flag into a lamp tube, which was hung in front of the barber shop for commemoration
The second statement
During the French Revolution, people chose the base of revolutionary activities in barber shops, and later, after the victory of the French Revolution
The revolutionary leaders were evacuated under the cover of a French barber, and in honor of the barber, red, white and blue colored lamps were hung in front of the barbershop
The third statement
At present, the mainstream theory is that in ancient times, the medical level in Europe was very backward, and people did not know how to treat diseases, so they began to use bloodletting treatment, thinking that the old blood could be drained to treat the disease, and this treatment method was not recognized by doctors, so they insisted on not bloodletting for patients
But the barbers in Europe took on the heavy responsibility of bleeding the sick by having them grab a stick so that the muscles on their hands would burst up, and then they would wrap them in gauze and cut the blood vessels with a barber knife, staining the sticks and gauze with the blood spills
However, in the era of material scarcity, people can only clean and reuse, and when they hang it in front of the door to dry, it can play the role of a signboard, and the later ones have gradually evolved into the logo of the barbershop
But this practice was wrong after all, and later many people died because of bloodletting, so people gradually changed the bloodletting of barbers to leeches to blood-sucking, so people improved the signboard of bloodletting
The round container at the top represents the vessel for leeches, the large bowl at the bottom is used for blood, the cylinder in the middle represents the stick held by the patient, the red stripe at the top represents blood, and the white stripe represents gauze
But where did the blue stripes come from?
It turned out that because of the barber's heroic actions, the surgeon decided to join forces with the barbershop doctor, so he added a blue stripe to it to change the meaning of the sign
Among them, blue represents veins, red represents arteries, and white still means gauze, and to this day, this red, blue and white three-color lamp is still the mainstream configuration of barbershops
But today, the barber and the surgeon have long been separated, so there is no need to bleed the patient anymore, but the barbershop sign is still preserved as such
Conclusion: People have added a rotating special effect to this kind of signboard, which looks very eye-catching, so it is used by many barbershops as a means to attract customers, but I didn't expect that behind the simple signboard, there are so many stories, it is really unexpected, what do you think about this, please leave a comment below