What kind of changes has the postal industry undergone in the world Post Day?

Guangxi News Network-contemporary life newspaper reporter Mong Lu Ying intern Moyun

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Yesterday was World Post day. In the past, we have been in contact with friends and relatives, largely through the post office to send telegrams, letters or articles to complete; now in the internet age, telephone, network, video calls, and friends and relatives are no longer a few days, but want to contact when the time to contact. Postal services are becoming more and more distant in the lives of most people, especially young people, and the most closely related seems to be stamp collecting and mail-order items.

How has the postal industry of Guangxi undergone changes in these years? On the October 9, reporters approached different groups of people and listened to their memories of the times related to postal letters. Reading this story may remind you of the good memories of the post.

Old Post man

Fewer letters in the late 90

Born in the 60 's, Zeng was an old post, and now he is an inspector at the market and network of Nanning postal services. 1981 joined the postal work he told reporters, in the 80 's, interpersonal communication mainly by letter, at that time, personal letters more. In the memory of the steel grain, the personal letter mailing peak has lasted until the 90 's, since then people's mailing habits have changed.

"By the 90 's, more postcards were mailed, and there was an upsurge in stamp collecting, and the product was a fire that led to delivery in kind." "That year, the mail is no longer a simple communication, but also led to the collection of philatelic products."

2000 years later, the Internet and communications industry developed gradually, the number of letters in private exchanges plummeted, only business letters into the mainstream. "For example, banks have a lot of emails that give people a real sense of the bill and have a credit purpose." Once steel grain said, to 2010 years, along with the net buys the wind, the express parcel class mail starts to increase.

Mother and daughter two generations

It's a different feeling to the letter.

Born in 1955, Ms. Lai, the memory of the letter and feelings, and daughter Qiu is a difference.

Ms. Li lived in Pingnan as a child, the father in Nanning teaching, because the holiday less can not often go home, to the mother and daughter of the letter to say hello. So she can help her mother to receive letters, read letters. 1 years down, seven or eight letters still exist.

When she was 18 years old, she had to be reunited with her father in Nanning, and she would never write again. And she also to send and receive letters age, more than 20 years old in love, she and love each other sent letters, 8 cents postage, sent is missing and care, then, waiting for the letter to become her life the sweetest thing.

Xiao Qiu is a senior this year, she wrote a letter last time 6 years ago. At that time, she just admitted to Nanning second, the study pressure is larger, so write to the old students to each other, relieve psychological pressure. Now do not write letters, but by sending postcards, and teachers, students contact. She found it more convenient to send postcards than to write long letters.

After 8090

Fewer letters and more friends

Letter is elders people heart difficult to give up feelings, for many, also have good memories.

Chen was born in 1983 in Nanning, 1997, Chen is still in high school, when the special popular pen pal, Chen and their own small partners to join.

"Pen pal is similar to later friends, may not have seen each other, through radio, magazines to understand each other's mailing address, and then communicate with each other." Chen remembers that one of the happiest things was to receive a letter from a pen pal.

"A letter in the area may take 3 days-5 days to send, the heart of the hope and tension can not be expressed in words, sometimes a day to run three or four school's reception, just to see if there is a letter of their own." In terms of literary and artistic points, it was also a swan. ”

"The feeling of writing and waiting for a letter is wonderful. "The girl who goes to school at Sun Yat-sen University Huang, now often through correspondence and friends contact." Sometimes, some friends receive her letter, see "Look forward to" the word, also asked her "not to talk on the Q". She knows, in the communication tools developed today, some friends too much trouble letter, this is understandable. However, she enjoyed writing letters, sending letters, waiting for an answer, and receiving an answer.

Author: Mong Lu Ying Moyun

(Source: Guangxi News Network-contemporary life newspaper)