There were also New Year greeting cards in ancient China, what was it like?
In ancient times, it was customary for upper-class doctors to congratulate each other with famous posts.
Song Ren Zhou Hui said in the "Qingbo Magazine": "During the Song Yuan Yu period, the New Year's celebration was often carried by servants. ”
At that time, doctors traveled a lot, and if they went around to pay homage to the New Year, it was both time-consuming and energy-consuming, so some friends who were not very close did not go in person.
So they sent their servants to take a card cut from plum blossom paper that was two inches wide and three inches long, with the recipient's name, address, and congratulatory words written on it.
In the Ming Dynasty, people used prayers instead of paying New Year's greetings. Wen Zhengming, an outstanding painter and poet of the Ming Dynasty, described in the poem "New Year": "Do not seek to meet but to consult, and the famous paper is full of cover; I also threw a few pieces of paper with others, and the world hated Jane and did not dislike it. ”
The "famous thorns" and "famous sages" mentioned here are the origin of today's New Year greeting cards.
New Year cards are convenient and practical for connecting feelings and exchanging greetings, and are still popular today. #文化 #
