Chinanews.com, Shanghai, February 21 (Reporter Miao Lu) "Xinhui·Jiaoli" Zhujiajiao Daqing Post Office 120th Anniversary Exhibition was held on the 21st at the "Jiaoli Living Room" of Zhujiajiao Daqing Post Office in Qingpu District, Shanghai.
The theme of this exhibition is "Letter Meeting". The exhibition is divided into two parts: "Stamp Products of the Qing Dynasty" and "Letter Exhibition".
Zhujiajiao Qing Dynasty Post Office was established in 1903. It is the only site of the Qing Dynasty Post Office preserved in East China. It has a history of 120 years and is also the earliest local post office.
In 1953, it was relocated to the vicinity of Fangsheng Bridge on North Street. In 2001, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Qingpu District.
Standing outside the gate of the former post office is a copper-cast dragon mailbox imitating the Qing Dynasty. It is a unique business card in Zhujiajiao. It still retains the function of posting letters, highlighting the retro romance of "slow carriages and long letters".
"Xinhui·Jiaoli" Zhujiajiao Daqing Post Office 120th Anniversary Exhibition was held at the "Jiaoli Living Room" of Zhujiajiao Daqing Post Office in Qingpu District, Shanghai on the 21st. Photo courtesy of the organizer
"This is the first time I have touched the century-old classical architecture of the water town. With the help of my Chinese colleagues, I gradually understood the unique charm of Chinese classical architecture. Therefore, in the design, we basically retained the original structure of the building, especially the old doors and windows, and the waterfront. It’s beautiful, and the original decorative elements of the house are all preserved and reused.” As a member of the architectural design team of Zhujiajiao Daqing Post Office, Justin, the design director of Mu Jun, is an authentic British. He said, Respect for Chinese culture and history is his first priority before designing. "Let the ancient and modern communicate with each other here, and hope that people can feel the reality in the traces of history when they walk into the building."
"Xinhui·Jiaoli" Zhujiajiao Daqing Post Office 120th Anniversary Exhibition was held at the "Jiaoli Living Room" of Zhujiajiao Daqing Post Office in Qingpu District, Shanghai on the 21st. Photo courtesy of the organizer
According to Li Anqi, Director of the Marketing Department of Daqing Post Office, the new Zhujiajiao Daqing Post Office will aim to create 4 1s - 1 brand, 1 space, 1 platform, and 1 inheritance.
In this building that has witnessed time, the history of Chinese postal stations and the new space and cultural fusion experience of Zhujiajiao Daqing Post Office are presented to the general public, and the charm of historical culture and traditional Chinese letter culture continues to be spread.
At the opening ceremony, the poet and writer Wu Feier read a reply letter from the Shanghai Postal Museum.
This reply kicked off the "Zhujiajiao Daqing Post Office Dialogue with the World Museum Project". In the future, Zhujiajiao Daqing Post Office will receive more replies, which will shorten the distance between the Daqing Post Office and the world and promote the better development of Chinese traditional culture. world.
In addition, the newly upgraded Zhujiajiao Daqing Post Office also established the "Daqing Post Office Cultural and Creative Designer Think Tank Platform". Zhu Jingyi, the representative of the first batch of contracted artists on the think tank platform at the opening ceremony, said that the think tank will jointly name outstanding designers, artists, and illustrators. Teachers, etc., create, build and share together, jointly create, select, design, and produce, dig deep into the connotation of traditional culture, and combine global pioneering creativity to jointly create a business card of Qingpu cultural and creative city.
In the on-site "Qing Dynasty Stamp Products" exhibition, 12 different Qing Dynasty stamps issued between 1878 and 1909 were exhibited, including Dalong stamps, Panlong stamps, and commemorative stamps for the first year of Xuantong; Postcards from old Shanghai and Beijing.
Among them, there is a special exhibit - Dalong stamps of the Qing Dynasty.
"Xinhui·Jiaoli" Zhujiajiao Daqing Post Office 120th Anniversary Exhibition was held at the "Jiaoli Living Room" of Zhujiajiao Daqing Post Office in Qingpu District, Shanghai on the 21st. Photo courtesy of the organizer
In 1878, the Qing government established postal agencies in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Yantai, and Niuzhuang (now Yingkou), attached to the customs, and officially issued China's first set of stamps - Dalong stamps.
A set of 3 "Dragon Stamps", with a five-clawed dragon in the middle of the stamp design, riding the clouds and fog, and lined with clouds and water waves.
The denominations of stamps (calculated in taels of silver) are: "one cent silver" (green, postage for printed matter), "three cent silver" (red, postage for ordinary letters), "five cent silver" (orange, postage for registered mail) ).
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