What does inn mean in ancient times?

The ancient meaning of a post station is: a place used in ancient times for people delivering documents or officials to stay, supply, and change horses on the way.

From the descriptions in the Spring and Autumn Period, Zuo Zhuan and other books, we can know that there were three ways of communication at that time: the first was "Zhuan", which was delivered by car, the second was "Mail", which was delivered by foot, and the third was "Post" , was a horse delivery station, collectively known as "Chuanyu". Later, because the cost of car delivery was too high, it was gradually stopped being used, and only step delivery and horse delivery were left, so it was renamed "Mail Station".

China is one of the first countries in the world to establish an organized information delivery system. It can be traced back to the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago. Riding a horse to convey daily messages was an early organized method of communication. The "Post Envoy" sculpture located in the square of Jiayuguan Railway Station is based on the mural tombs of the Wei and Jin Dynasties in Jiayuguan. The post envoy holds slips and documents in his hands, and the post horse is flying with all four legs in the air at a very fast speed.

This brick mural was used as a small stamp theme by the First Congress of the All-China Philatelic Federation in 1982. This shows that Jiayuguan is one of the birthplaces of Chinese information culture. In addition to the post stations in ancient China, similar places around the world include the Persian Royal Road in Persia, the shrine in Japan, and the American stagecoach express system.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, a complete system of postal transmission was formed. Especially in the Han Dynasty, the documents to be delivered were divided into levels, and documents of different levels were delivered by special persons and horses in the specified order and time. When sending and receiving these documents, you must register them and indicate the time to clarify your responsibilities. In the Han Dynasty, post stations were set up every thirty miles and were run by Taiwei.

The functions of the Party and Mass Post:

1. Make full use of the limited space to create a red fortress "Pioneer Post", a *** business and governance "Neighborhood Discussion Station", The four major areas, the "Service Easy Station" for convenient services and the "Time Memory Station" for residents' activities, expand service functions. Information about community party branch members and building leaders is posted on the wall.

2. The community autonomous group mediates neighborhood disputes, visits the elderly at home, repairs public facilities and other volunteer service updates. It also displays the community party branch's epidemic prevention and flood prevention, organizational learning, and various policies. Promotional related silhouettes. In addition, the station has also opened up a book reading space and a community monitoring area, equipped with water dispensers, chargers, etc., which facilitates the masses and unites the people's hearts.