Specific explanation:
A post station is a place where officials who passed military information or documents rested and changed horses in ancient times. The post station was established in the Zhou Dynasty, and it was not until the Tang Dynasty that it gradually spread to the whole country. At that time, there were about 1 639 post stations. In the case of underdeveloped transportation in ancient times, the distance of 3000 miles can be delivered in only 6 days.
Origin:
The post station is the place where officials who passed military information boarded the bus and changed horses on the way in ancient times. There has been a system of "post biography" since the Han Dynasty, but there is no word "post station". "Zhan" comes from Mongolian jam (the word comes from the Chinese character "Yima"), also known as "jamcin", which was popular in the Yuan Dynasty.
It is for this reason that the word "station" is pronounced in Mongolian. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang renamed the common word "station" as "post" in the first year of Hongwu. However, following the habit, "post station" has also become a common language of ordinary people.
Introduction of modern post office:
Modern post stations can also refer to places for temporary rest or overnight stay, mainly for non-long-term residence, such as service areas on expressway and inns during travel. These places are often places where catering, refueling, accommodation, shopping and other services can be provided.
The History of China Post Station;
1, Qin, Han
A whole set of evacuation system was formed in Qin and Han Dynasties. Especially in the Han Dynasty, the documents delivered were graded, and the documents of different grades should be delivered by special personnel and special horses in accordance with the prescribed order and time. Sending and receiving these documents must be registered and marked with time to show responsibility.
2. Tang Dynasty
In the Tang Dynasty, post offices were set up all over the country, which were divided into land and water post offices and land and water post offices. There are 1639 post offices in China, with 20,000 post office staff under the Ministry of War, 4 post office inspectors under our company, and the county magistrate is also in charge of the post office.
3. Song Liaojin
In the Song Dynasty, all official documents and letters were called "delivery", and "express delivery shop" appeared. There is a bronze bell tied to the collar of the riding whistle in a hurry. Running on the road, ringing the bell during the day and lighting a fire at night, the person killed is not responsible. Shopping for horses, shopping for people, rain or shine, day and night.
4. Yuan Dynasty
The territory of the Yuan Dynasty was unprecedented. In order to maintain a huge empire, the post system has been strengthened. Kyle Poirot's Travels of Marco Polo records: "On all major roads leading to provinces, there must be a post station every twenty-five or thirty miles. In uninhabited places, there is no way to go, and such a post station will be set up.