Why do some tourist attraction plaques have typos?

Actually, the words you see may seem like typos to you, but they are not typos. This is the writing method of the ancients, so you should not look at these words from a modern perspective. After all, the Chinese Culture has lasted for five thousand years, and Hanzi has also been evolving continuously during these five thousand years. Only now do we have the characters we recognize.

Then some of the words on the plaques you see are less horizontal or vertical, or more, so there are two answers to explain what you see.

First of all, the first point is the evolution of men. You can't just look at these historical relics with your current eyes. In order to preserve its authenticity, some places will retain the original wording. So it looks different from what we know, which is relatively normal. After all, if you look at it now, our characters are still relatively simple, but traditional Chinese characters are still used in places like Hong Kong.

Another situation is that some people make mistakes on purpose. Because they will give the name a meaning, so how can this meaning be expressed more convincingly? That is to change the composition of words. We know that any radical has its own unique meaning, so if you add one more word or one less word, the meaning of the word will change. This is also the reason why Chinese culture is so broad and profound. Just an inconspicuous change can change the meaning of the entire sentence.

So when you see it again in a scenic spot, don’t keep wondering. Since it can be used as a scenic spot and can be viewed by so many people, then it can withstand the test to a certain extent. It’s impossible not to notice this most basic problem with the name.