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How to write an English greeting card?

Format is as follows:

1, address: refers to the sender of the card to the recipient of the name, usually written in the upper left of the card, the name can be added or not add "to", such as:

(To) my dear friend

(To) Mr and Mrs Black

2, greeting: generally write some fixed words of congratulations. p>(To) Mr and Mrs Black

2. Greetings: generally write some fixed words of congratulations.

Happy Teachers' Day!

With best wishes for a Happy New Year.

Sometimes there are pre-printed greeting cards, which can also be used to write some short words of thanks and good wishes, such as:

Happy Mothers' Day! Happy Mothers' Day!

3, congratulations on the signature of the person: written in the lower right of the card, the name is often added before from (can not be added), such as:

(From) your friend Tom your friend Tom.

Origin of Greeting Cards

Tang Taizong used greeting cards to pay tribute to his ministers Every New Year and Chinese New Year, from heads of state down to ordinary people, all have the habit of sending greeting cards to their friends and relatives. When was this special medium of blessing born, why has it been passed down, and how has it evolved?

Traditional Chinese culture places great emphasis on "etiquette", which was once the essence of Chinese culture. Much of the content of etiquette is expressed in forms, such as greeting cards. In the personal major things or public **** festival before the presentation of greeting cards, a form of solemnity, the second early notification of the other side, with people and their own are convenient. Therefore, since the Han Dynasty, greeting cards as a traditional form has been continued to retain, only the name has changed.