1. From the evolution of Chinese characters, the interpretation of the word "LAN" comes from "Lan", which means fragrant and sounds like. In 1950s and 1960s, China began to vigorously promote simplified characters, which were summarized and published in 1964. Until 1986 was reissued, some words were adjusted. ?
In other words, during this period, the popular simplified characters in China are still in the process of constant finalization. Whether the word "Lan" is horizontally long or short, and whether the word "Zhou" is vertically hooked or not, was not the final writing standard in the social reality more than 60 years ago. ?
2. From the writing charm of Chinese characters, these two words come from Mr. Zhang Bangyan, a famous calligrapher in Tianshui, Gansu. Anyone who knows calligraphy knows that there are many schools of calligraphy in China with different fonts, and different writers have different expressions of verve. These two so-called typos "Lanzhou" are the uniqueness of Mr. Zhang's writing, and they are also the charm that can be tolerated and recognized in calligraphy.
From the historical and cultural background, Lanzhou is an ancient city with historical civilization, and our mother river, the Yellow River, runs through the whole city. In order to highlight the importance of the Yellow River and the unusual momentum of the city, when writing the word "Lanzhou", the author specially lengthened the first horizontal line of the blue word, put a tick on the word "Zhou" and put it on the roof, and the momentum immediately came out.
As far as Lanzhou is concerned, there are the Yellow River culture with farming civilization as its core connotation, the folk culture bred by many nationalities, and the Silk Road culture with Buddhism as its main body. Today's Lanzhou, relying on the ancient cultural heritage, has nurtured more cultural tensions with its own characteristics.
This tension is also manifested in Lanzhou Station's persistence and tolerance for "typos" for many years. In addition, in terms of living habits, no matter whether these two words are wrong or not and what the background is, it has stood there for 66 years, becoming a city landmark and a major feature of Lanzhou. Many people have long been used to it, but I'm afraid they are not used to it.