A City A Story Photo Weekly Contest#22.1 -【COLORS】~小城故事相片比賽#22.1-【 色彩】

The neon light sign is a signature of Hong Kong. The signs are always red in color, with some white words. As early as the 1930s, signs have appeared in Hong Kong. With the times going on, the style of signs is changing ! The followings are the new one I hate it so much!

霓虹招牌是香港的一個文化特色，招牌多數是紅色的，字是白色的。 早在二十世紀三十年代，香港就出現了招牌， 隨著時間的推移，招牌的風格正在改變！ 以下是我非常討厭的新款式！

There are many colors of the sign! Some research tell us the catering will use yellow and red, because it will attract more customers to eat their foods!

招牌有很各種顏色，一些研究報告指出餐飲出業會使用黃色和紅色的招牌，因為它會吸引更多的顧客來吃他們的食物！

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The following one is use a very traditional style which called golden word in Chinese. Means want to have many business! Of course, modern people will not really use the real gold to make the sign, but people in ancient times have found that color will affect the desire to buy!

以下的一個是使用金漆招牌的非常傳統風格，寓意想有更多生意！現代人當然不會用上真的金在招牌上，可是古時的人已經發現顏色會影響購買的意慾！

In recent years, thousands of signboards have been dismantled and sent to the garbage room because of government regulations. If you come to Hong Kong, please take more photos to record the history of the signs!

近年來，由於政府規定，數千個招牌被拆除並送到垃圾場， 如果你光臨香港，請拍攝更多照片來記錄招牌的歷史！

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Many thanks to @aaronli for hosting this competition and giving me a chance to look back the city in our busy life.

非常多謝 @aaronli 舉行這個比賽，給予一個機會，在忙碌的生活中細看我們所居住的城巿。

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