Can I collect greeting cards?

Small greeting cards can not only convey feelings, but also be a collection of people's routes. Can I collect that card? The following are the reasons why the greeting cards I arranged for you can be collected. I hope it works for you.

The reason why greeting cards can be collected is a kind of postage certificate, that is, a postcard issued by the competent postal department of the country (region) and printed with a stamp pattern indicating postage is used as a post payment sign for delivery. In other words, only postage postcards authorized for printing are valuable. The same is true of greeting cards.

Twenty years ago, shortly after the reform and opening up, greeting cards were very popular. Everyone began to pay attention to the importance of interpersonal communication. It is also a kind of affection to send a blessing to an important festival.

In recent years, with the rise of short messages, the number of people using greeting cards has gradually shrunk, but it has gradually become hot in the collection market, and things are scarce. The postal department also took the initiative to print some unique greeting cards, which were well received by collectors. Not long ago, Shanghai Post Company and Henan Stamp Printing Bureau jointly developed a postage greeting card with artistic and cultural characteristics, Qi Baishi Painting and Calligraphy. This set of greeting cards is the first silk environmental protection greeting card of China Post. It is made of recycled paper in an all-round way, highlighting the concept of environmental protection. The limited edition is 15888 sets. Qi Baishi is a famous painter and calligraphy seal engraver in China. In art, he formed his own unique freehand brushwork style, with a school of red flowers and ink pages, especially fruits and vegetables, flowers, birds, insects and fish, as well as figures, landscapes and fame. This set of postcards printed with silk texture is selected from Qi Baishi's famous paintings, among which "Shrimp Map" is regarded as a treasure handed down from generation to generation in Chinese painting, with exquisite techniques and amazing artistic appreciation and collection value. Moreover, greeting cards nowadays are not as simple as when I collected them twenty years ago. There are many kinds of cards now, and the designers' ideas are very modern and fashionable. This hardcover book comes with an international film frame, which can be displayed on the desk. It is both beautiful and practical.

The biggest difference between postcards and greeting cards is that the former can be sent directly, while greeting cards need envelopes. A greeting card corresponds to an envelope. The postage of greeting cards is a little higher than that of postcards. Moreover, there are many kinds and styles of greeting cards. 2.8 yuan, 5.5 yuan, 15 yuan and 30 yuan are now unified. The price of the postcard is 1.8 yuan. In addition, greeting cards are more private than postcards, and postcards look too intuitive.

The history of greeting cards, the origin of greeting cards

Origin Emperor Taizong used greeting cards to pay New Year greetings to ministers. Every Spring Festival and Spring Festival, from heads of state to ordinary people, there is a habit of sending greeting cards to relatives and friends. When did the greeting card, a special blessing medium, come into being, why has it spread so far, and what kind of development and changes have it experienced?

This is emphasized in the traditional culture of China? A gift? Ceremony was once the essence of China culture. Many contents in etiquette are expressed through forms, such as greeting cards. Giving greeting cards before important personal activities or public holidays is solemn in form on the one hand, and convenient for both parties to inform each other in advance on the other. So since the Han Dynasty, greeting cards have been preserved as a traditional form, but the name has changed.

Greeting card development

1. What is the first letter of the greeting card? Famous post? , mainly self-introduction, the western Han dynasty called it? Hey? Are the distinguished guests still talking when they meet today? A visit? What was it called after the Eastern Han Dynasty? Name thorn? The name thorn is still used in Japan, and it is our common business card.

Greeting cards have been used in China for a long time. In ancient times, the upper-class literati exchanged greetings with famous cards. Hui Zhou, a poet of the Song Dynasty, said in Qingbo magazine:? During the Song Dynasty, servants were often used to stab people's names during New Year greetings. ? This record comes from an interesting story: during the Spring Festival in Beijing, a scholar didn't want to visit every household in person, so he came up with a lazy idea. He first wrote many cards with blessings, then ordered the servant to put a card at the door of the house he visited, knocked on the door and left without waiting to open the door, so that the interviewee thought he had visited in person. Maybe this person has been lazy again and again and leaked the news. As a result, the family rushed out as soon as they heard the knock on the door. Poor? Our servant caught us red-handed. What is this? Fake? Behavior. But at that time, the circle of friends of the literati was very wide, and it took time and energy to visit everywhere. So some friends didn't go in person, but sent their servants to take a card cut with plum blossom stationery, two inches wide and three inches long, with the recipient's name, address and greeting written on it.

Everything must show respect for each other first. Today's society sometimes ignores these traditions.

After the Tang and Song Dynasties, the names and functions of greeting cards were improved. Door? Or? Air mail? In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, what was it called? Red list? 、? New year cards? Wait, listen to the name and you will know that the function is becoming more and more secular, and the literati and elegance are gradually drifting away. Actually, the reason is very simple. Ancient education was not popular enough, and few people could read. At first, greeting cards were passed between dignitaries, and the starting point was quite high. Entering the commercial society, greeting cards are more enthusiastic and less sour.

It is said that during the Spring Festival in Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong made greeting cards and royal books with red gold foil? Celebrate the world? , to the minister. Because this form was invented by the emperor, it soon spread among the people, but the people were not as extravagant as the royal family, so they dared not use gold foil. Instead, write vertically on plum blossom stationery. The upper right is a taboo for those who accept congratulations, and the lower left is the name of the congratulator. It is said that Zhang Shinan, a native of the Southern Song Dynasty, recorded in his works that his family had greeting cards from celebrities such as Huang Tingjian and Qin Guan in the Northern Song Dynasty. This is definitely a classic collection. If it is preserved today, it should be a priceless national treasure.

It's interesting to say. I originally submitted the famous cards and greeting cards myself to show my solemnity. However, in the Song Dynasty, there was a strong commercial atmosphere and people became increasingly busy. Therefore, it has gradually become a custom to send servants to give gifts if they can't deliver them in person. The advantage of this is that a person can send more. If you go in person, the number of deliveries is extremely limited, and people with many friends may be rude. Sending someone to send it has many advantages, which saves the red tape of the meeting between hosts and greatly improves the efficiency.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was a set of etiquette for giving cards and stickers. According to the regulations, servants can't give greeting cards in person, so they invented the worship box, that is, the box held by servants when they meet is rectangular, just big enough to hold greeting cards and stickers. After seeing the master, the servant can't hold the card or sticker directly, but must open the worship box and let the master take it out. Large families will make their own invitations, so I have several invitations of red sandalwood and yellow gorgeous in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among them, Zhao's invitation cards made of Qing dynasty mahogany are well-made, which shows the extraordinary status of Zhao's master.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, greeting cards appeared an independent style. The first episode of Jian Xuan recorded the Chu people in Qing Dynasty:? On New Year's Day, ancient bamboo slips were used in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. In Kangxi, Hony wrote a letter and someone thanked him. If you can't go back, the road is not easy, and you are single. ? Red sheets are greeting cards made of red paper to express auspicious meanings, which are specially used for Chinese New Year holidays. Obviously, it can't be used as a masterpiece on weekdays. This red list can be said to be a real New Year card in ancient China.

2. Commercial mailing of greeting cards also began in Song Dynasty. According to Zhang Shinan's Notes on Officials, every winter solstice and New Year's Day, all foreign officials appear in the form of their officials? This is the earliest record of postal service as a greeting card messenger. Because greeting cards can convey the emotional communication between people, and this communication is often expressed in short sentences, such as often written in Song Dynasty? Congratulations to Zheng Dan? Over time, greetings have become stylized, concise, festive and auspicious, conveying people's hopes and yearning for life.

Because greeting cards convey the emotional communication between people, and this communication is often expressed in short sentences, such as often written in the Song Dynasty? Congratulations to Zheng Dan? .

Every year, Guanfu Museum takes cultural relics as the background, and pays attention to the cultural relics expression of the 12 Zodiacs of that year. Over time, it is also a good collection to collect a set of zodiac cultural relics greeting cards. In the Year of the Ox, Guanfu Museum brings Taurus to pay a New Year call and wishes the people of the whole country a happy New Year.

3. Modern greeting cards

Modern greeting cards originated from the printing of Christmas cards, and then developed continuously, and various holiday greeting cards appeared. Among them, China Post's self-created greeting cards, plant greeting cards and embroidered greeting cards have injected new contents into traditional greeting cards.

4. Modern greeting cards

At the beginning of the 20th century, Christians and non-Christians began to send Christmas cards to their relatives and friends to celebrate the New Year. And derive a more secular (or oriental) from it? New Year card? . Because the traditional paper card uses high-grade wood pulp paper, the consumption of producing this paper is wood resources. Today, with the promotion of low-carbon and environmental protection, the traditional New Year greeting cards have created their own new glory-e-greeting cards in the virtual society after being integrated into modern network technology. E-card is equivalent to e-card, and it has quickly become a fashion because of its characteristics of quickness, convenience and environmental protection.

The emergence of electronic greeting cards has had a certain impact on traditional greeting cards, but they cannot completely replace each other. Some people think that the feeling of happiness and emotion when receiving traditional greeting cards can't be replaced by other ways, and traditional greeting cards still have the irreplaceable advantages of electronic greeting cards. In terms of environmental protection, we can make more efforts in technology, such as waste paper utilization.