In which dynasty did the greeting card originate in China?

New Year cards have a history of thousands of years in China. In the Han Dynasty, it was called "Ye Ming" and "Ming Ci"; In the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was called "door type"; Ming and Qing dynasties were also called "red list", "famous post" and "film". The earliest greeting cards were not made of paper by the military, but made of wood and bamboo, so they were called "famous thorns".

Zhao Yi's "Children's Language Series" contains: "The ancients used the common name of cutting wood and calligraphy. It was called slap at the beginning of Han Dynasty and thorn at the end of Han Dynasty. After the Han Dynasty, although paper was used, it was still stabbed along the side. " "Shi Jiyuan" said: "There was no paper in the early Han Dynasty, and the title was thorn, so it was cut bamboo."

During the Tianshun period of the Ming Dynasty, New Year cards cut a kind of stationery with plum blossom patterns into a "film" 2 inches wide and 3 inches long, with names and addresses written on it. On the first day of the lunar calendar, friends give gifts to each other.

In the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty, it was made of red cardboard, and the New Year card was put in a very popular brocade box at that time and given to the other party as a solemn symbol.

The ancient greeting cards were not loved by ordinary people, but were mainly adopted by some high officials, dignitaries and literati. They boast of being lofty. Whenever the new year comes, they refuse to go out to pay New Year greetings, so they send people to send new year cards. The Southern Song Dynasty's careful "Return to the Heart and Miscellaneous Knowledge" said: "Those who can't get close to the wedding banquet, each with a bunch of thorns, sign on it, and make a servant throw it over and over again, which is common."

Wen Zhiming's "Poetry of the Spring Festival" in the Ming Dynasty said: "I don't want to meet you, I just want to talk to you, and all the famous articles are me. I also throw a few pieces of paper at people. The world is too simple and not too empty. " It can be seen that there is a difference between ancient New Year cards and modern New Year cards.