On October 9, World Post Day
1969 Ten-Television Postal Union Tokyo Conference passed a resolution to determine October 9 of each year as "Universal Postal Union Day" (renamed "World Postal Day" in 1984).
In fact, postal service has a history of thousands of years and has strong confidentiality attributes. In ancient times, postal services were once accompanied by confidentiality. In the revolutionary war years, the postal work led by the Party made an indelible and important contribution to the victory of the revolution.
prototype first appeared: Post office , beacon tower message
Post office was mainly manifested in ancient China as post office, that is, set up post office stations by the government, and used horses, chariots, ships, etc. to convey official documents , which is the earliest post office prototype in the world. The earliest record of communication in China comes from the oracle bone inscription of Yinxu: In a military intelligence record (around 1400 BC), there is the word "Laigu". After investigation, "Let's Drum" is similar to today's reconnaissance communication soldiers, and is passed on to governments at all levels by them. At the same time, the wise ancients also invented "sound-light" communication - beacon tower . When encountering enemy situations, light a cigarette during the day and ignite at night, and connect Taiwan and convey information, it is the oldest "local telegram".
on the mountains and ridges Great Wall and the connected beacon tower
But from the historical story of the Zhou Youwang Beacon tower 3 Beacon tower sermons, we can get a glimpse of the drawbacks of sending messages from beacon tower: can only play the role of alarm, and it is difficult to meet the needs of grasping the enemy situation and commanding operations .
Therefore, with the development of society and the needs of politics and military, weeks ago gradually formed a more strict postal system in , which complements the beacon tower . During this period, in order to keep the official documents confidential and identify the authenticity, the government established the " sealing " and "printing" systems for official documents.
Official document transmission: Find ways to keep secrets
As China enters feudal society, official documents have become the main carrier for government agencies to convey government orders and exchange information. In this context, after Qin Shihuang unified the same tracks of Chinese cars and books, he established a post station network centered on the capital of the country, and formulated a post office law (the earliest post office law in China). stipulates that after the bamboo slips are tied, they must be sealed and stamped to keep them confidential. The Han Dynasty appeared in the level of official documents, and confidential documents were marshaled separately by a dedicated person. It was also clearly stipulated that "passing in sequence" was narrowed to narrow the scope of contact between secret documents.
"The emperor's seals are all sealed with Wudu purple mud ." - "Han Old Literature", [ Eastern Han ] Wei Hong
The wooden tablet unearthed in Minfeng County, Xinjiang has clay seals
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, paper gradually became a carrier of official documents, and the confidentiality requirements for messengers became increasingly strict. On the China Post "image ambassador" - " Post-image map " Portrait brick (Wei and Jin Dynasties), a post-image rode his horse with a clearance certificate, and his image reproduced the official document delivery at that time. There is another special feature of this portrait: makes the facial features lack the mouth . Some people believe that this is emphasizes its tight-lipped confidentiality professional mission .
In the Song Dynasty, when wars were frequent, The imperial court specially founded the Military Post Office , with soldiers serving as postmen. At the same time, military documents also use codes and have commonly used phrases, and even if third parties intercept, they cannot decrypt them. In the Yuan Dynasty, the " emergency delivery " organization was set up to be responsible for the confidential and important documents of the court.
Smoke of war: Red postal contributions
Chinese history has entered modern times. Although Beiyang government all abolished post stations in 1913, announcing the end of the postal system, , the story of postal and confidentiality continues .
1896 Emperor Guangxu approved the establishment of the post office of Qing Dynasty . Modern postal in China was born
. The war was in a tense state. After the founding of the Communist Party of China in 1921, in order to break through the control of imperialism and reactionary classes over the postal service and meet the needs of the central government and party organizations at all levels, established the party's underground transportation in a secret state.
Underground traffickers send mail wooden boxes
Since then, countless underground traffickers have strictly observed confidentiality discipline and are unlimitedly loyal to the Party, and have undertaken important tasks such as file transmission, escorting cadres, secret connectors, and material procurement . They have fought bloody battles on the hidden front of the Party, and many heroic stories have emerged.
It is worth mentioning that our party generally founded wartime postal services in the revolutionary war years. assumed the task of delivering letters, packages, books, newspapers, etc. in the base area, which not only facilitated the communication needs of the base area, but also provided intelligence support for the struggle against the enemy.
In the former Gutian Postal Agency, the "Protect the Post Office" slogan
travel thousands of miles, never forget the original intention
travel thousands of miles, never forget the original intention, the years have witnessed the huge transformation from bamboo slips , letters to the information age . With the development of Chinese society, it presents a magnificent historical picture.
Looking back on the revolutionary history of "the road to the highest pass is as iron as iron", the excellent tradition of confidentiality left by our ancestors is a spur and inspiration to our confidentiality workers today.
Let us see through the text a glimpse of an era that we have never experienced!
