Ancient stories that delivered messages, ancient stories that delivered messages

Ancient ways of information delivery:

1.Migratory birds, especially pigeons, geese, etc., are used as transport tools.

2.The way to make the filling, such as hidden in fish maw, cakes, buns, etc. 3With special sounds such as bells, drums, firecrackers, etc.

4.With lights, firelight, such as Kong Ming lanterns. beacons, etc.

5.There are also other signs, ornaments, etc., such as signs to lure the enemy.

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The earliest record of communication in China is from the oracle bone inscription unearthed in Yinxu. Yin is the Shang Dynasty, also known as Yin Shang. Yin's hometown is now in Xiaotun Village, Anyang, Henan Province, during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, the tortoiseshell animal bone was excavated here, and the text was engraved on it, which was later called the oracle bone inscription.

The oracle bone inscription records that in the Pangeng era of Yin Shang (around 1400 B.C.), Bian Xu reported the military situation to the Son of Heaven, and there is a "coming drum" Eryu. It has been verified that the "Lai Gu" is similar to today's reconnaissance and signal troops. In the ancient book "To be Scripted", there is also a record of "Jianshu", which is an urgent document of the government engraved with animal bones and transmitted by the signal soldiers.

Also: after Qin Shi Huang unified China (221 B.C.), he built Chi Road throughout the country, "the car is on the same track, the book is the same text", established a network of deductive stations centered on the national capital Xianyang, and formulated the law of the post post, such as how to tie the bamboo slips, add seals and mud seals to keep secret; How to provide food and grass for the post people; How to receive the past, servants, etc., formed the earliest postal post law in China.

The formation of civil communication organizations began around the Tang Dynasty. At that time, it was mainly due to the social and economic development, especially the need to do business**. First of all, between Chang'an and Luoyang, there is a "post donkey" that serves private merchants.

At that time, there was also a method called "flying money", that is, merchants from all over the country deposited the money obtained from selling goods in Chang'an into the offices of the local ** in Chang'an, and then went to the local government to retrieve it with the receipts, which is the germ of today's exchange business. It was only in the Ming Dynasty that the Minxin Bureau appeared to transmit information to the people. In the southwestern provinces, there have also been "Maxiang Covenants" to visit relatives and bring letters.

Fiberhome Communications.

As far back as the Zhou Dynasty, China had a method of transmitting information through beacon fire, which served in ancient military warfare as a primitive means of sound and light communication. From the border to the national capital and the border defense line, a beacon tower was built at certain distances. When the enemy invaded, they lit the beacon fire one after another to give an alarm, and the princes from all walks of life saw the beacon fire and immediately sent troops to help resist the enemy.

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, in order to prevent the invasion of the enemy, the "Feng Tunnel" was used as a communication signal for border defense. In the ancient history book "Zhou Li", there is such a record: "On the passage from the frontier to the hinterland of various countries, at intervals, a beacon tower was built, one after another, and there were orange trees on the platform, and there were cages with firewood and grass on the head of the orange trees, and when the enemy invaded, the beacon towers set off fireworks one after another to transmit alarms." Every night warning, the defender of the platform lights the firewood and grass in the cage and lifts it high, and transmits information to the leading platform by the light of the fire, which is called "Feng", and the daytime warning ignites the grass accumulated on the platform, and uses smoke to show urgency, which is called "Sui".

In order to make the smoke straight and not bent, so that it can be seen from a distance, the ancients often used wolf dung instead of grass, so it is also called wolf smoke. The Zhou Dynasty stipulated: The princes of the Son of Heaven must immediately lead troops to the rescue and jointly resist the enemy.

It can be seen from this that the implementation of the beacon system means that a huge and perfect military information contact network has appeared as early as Zhou.

Didn't you hear that there is a flying pigeon book?

It depends on what it's for.

Transmission of letters: Ordinary civilians pass letters, mainly relying on passers-by, monks, literati and other travelers, these people carry letters, and they can solve the problem of food and accommodation on the way, and they are also very willing!

The official is mainly a post station.

Transmit military information: The army must have full-time personnel in this regard, in addition to beacons and carrier pigeons.

The accuracy of carrier pigeons to send letters is low, most of them are letters, but they take a long time in months, and there are also 100 li expedited, 200 li expedited, and 300 li expedited by horseback riding、、、 but it costs a lot of money, and generally this kind of "express delivery" is mostly used for officialdom letters.

The ancients had about --

Feathers: A letter with a feather inserted to indicate the urgency of war.

Chicken feather letter: generally used in the folk.

Feather Book: Used to recruit troops.

Pigeon biography: mostly used in the court, officials, and gangs.

Bamboo tube: used by officials and people, similar to the current envelope.

Urgent foot delivery: used for the transmission of urgent military information, commonly known as "gold medal".

There are also military means such as beacon fire and wolf smoke.

Torches can be used.

The ancients used the following methods to convey information:

1] Feathers: Letters with feathers are mostly used in the urgency of war.

2] Chicken feather letter: generally used in the folk.

3] Feather Book: Used to recruit troops.

4] The pigeon biography [the said flying pigeon biography].

5] Fast Horse Biography.

6] Bamboo tube: used by officials and people, similar to the current envelope.

7] Urgent foot delivery: used to transmit urgent military information, commonly known as "passing gold medals".

8] Different dynasties such as Beacon Fire and Wolf Smoke had different ways of transmission.