What is a salon activity?

Salon activities are informal gatherings where like-minded people get together to discuss and communicate with each other.

Nowadays, modern salon activities are mainly small-scale meetings where the business elites in the industry get together to discuss. From the17th century, the French celebrity Marquise de Rambouillet began to hold salons, which were more and more welcomed by enterprises, creating an open and comfortable communication platform for employees, creating a window for corporate customers to understand the industry and promoting the development of enterprises.

/kloc-After the 0/8th century, the nature of the salon changed, and the topics discussed were more extensive, including not only literature and art, but also politics, and sometimes radical thoughts and remarks appeared, so the salon at that time often became a hotbed of revolution. Soon after, a club that only discussed political issues was derived from Sharon. During the French Revolution, salon activities were banned, but it was only a flash in the pan, and later it gradually evolved into the meaning of "exhibition". The earliest art exhibition was held by Louis XIV in 1667.

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The word "Salon" comes from Italian word "Salotto", which is a transliteration of French word Salon, and originally refers to the luxurious reception room in the residence of the French elite. Since17th century, celebrities in Paris (mostly ladies and gentlemen) have often turned the living room into a famous social place.

Most of them are playwrights, novelists, poets, musicians, painters, critics, philosophers and politicians. They are like-minded, get together, drink drinks, enjoy elegant music, hold their knees and talk freely. Later, people called this kind of gathering "Salon", which became popular in European and American cultural circles and reached its peak in19th century.

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