Why Are Barber Poles Red, White, and Blue? 理髮店三色燈的由來

 

精英翻譯社轉自: https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0058/340498/web/

 

A rotating pole with red, white, and sometimes blue stripes is a common sight outside barbershops. But do you know why these specific colors were chosen?

在理髮店外很常看到一個紅白相間、有時還會有藍色條紋的旋轉柱。但你知道為什麼會選這些特定的顏色嗎?

 

The answer lies in the history of the barbershop. In the Middle Ages, people didn’t just go there to get their hair cut. They also went to do bloodletting because barbers had experience with razors.

答案就在理髮店的歷史中。在中世紀,人們不只到那裡去剪頭髮。他們也去做放血療法,因為理髮師有用剃刀的經驗。

For this procedure, barbers used a staff for the patient to hold on to, a basin to catch blood, and linen bandages. They would store these items outside their barbershop with the bloodstained bandages twisted around the staff and the basin placed on top. This was also a way for barbers to advertise their services. When it became illegal to display bloodletting equipment, barbers used wooden poles to continue the tradition. They painted them red for blood and white for bandages. Blue was added to poles in the United States reportedly to either represent veins or match with the colors of the American flag. So, the barber pole was born and remains a symbol of barbershops to this day.

在這個療程中,理髮師用一根棍棒讓患者握住、用水盆接血、還有亞麻繃帶。他們會將這些物品存放在理髮店外,將沾染了血的繃帶纏繞在棍棒上,並將水盆掛在上頭。這也是理髮師廣告其服務的一種方式。當展示放血器具變違法時,理髮師用木杆來繼續這項傳統。他們將木杆塗成紅色來代表血、白色代表繃帶。據說在美國木杆上增加了藍色不是代表靜脈,就是要和美國國旗的顏色搭配。所以,理髮店的旋轉柱於焉而生,而且到今天仍是理髮店的象徵。

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