What are the three modes of ancient logistics in China?

The post station is the place where officials who passed military information boarded the bus and changed horses on the way in ancient times. The border guards transmitted information and were controlled by the ancient customs, navy and navy.

The origin and significance of the word "post" can be understood from the evolution of China's post offices and postal undertakings: in China's ancient books, the words "biography" and "sudden" are common in the records of communication affairs, while the word "post" is quoted by Mencius' Gong Sunchou: "Confucius said that virtue is more popular than posting, and it kills people."

China is one of the first countries in the world to establish an organized information transmission system. It can be traced back to Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago. Post-horse relay is an early organized mode of communication.

The "Postman" sculpture is located in Jiayuguan Railway Station Square, based on the mural tomb of Wei and Jin Dynasties in Jiayuguan. With a simple document in his hand, the postman galloped at high speed on all fours. This brick mural was taken as the theme pattern of small stamps by the First Congress of the All-China Philatelic Federation in 1982, which shows that Jiayuguan is one of the birthplaces of information culture in China.

2. Water transportation

Water transportation is an important economic measure in the history of China. In today's words, it is a kind of professional transportation that uses waterways (rivers and seas) to transport grain (mainly public grain).

Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing all attached importance to water transportation, so they dredged the network channels needed for the South-to-North Water Transfer Project and established a water transportation storage system. In the fifth year of Xianfeng (1855), the Yellow River was diverted, the canal became shallow, and river transportation became increasingly difficult. With the development of commodity economy, water transportation is no longer necessary. In the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu (190 1), the Qing government ordered it to stop.

3. Escort agencies

The ancient escort agency was also freight, which developed into modern logistics. However, the darts (goods) transported by ancient escort agencies are only valuables (such as rare treasures) and do not transport ordinary goods, so they must be protected by people who know kung fu, while logistics can be transported as long as it is goods, without people who know kung fu, as long as the shipper can drive. This is the difference.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Post Station.

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