129 years ago today, on March 20, 1896 (February 7, 1896 lunar calendar), Guangxu approved the establishment of the Great Qing Post. The modern national postal agency was born. On March 20, 1896, Emperor Guangxu issued an edict to establish the Great Qing Post. The Great Qing Post (1878-1911) issued 172 kinds of stamps; before the official establishment of modern postal services in China, in addition to post stations, there were commercial civil information bureaus and overseas Chinese approval bureaus, imperialist guest mail, and a period of customs and postal services. The Civil Information Bureau and the Overseas Chinese Approval Bureau, also known as the Civil Information Bureau, are private commercial organizations that deliver folk letters, goods and handle remittances. It was founded around the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty (1403-1424 AD). During the period from Daoguang to Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, there were thousands of large and small civil information bureaus. Some also set up main stores in Shanghai, Ningbo and other places in the commercial centers at that time, set up branches or agency stores in various places, and jointly operated with other civil information bureaus to form a private communication network. It was not until 1935 that they were all cancelled. The Qing Dynasty Post was officially launched in 1896 and announced the "Regulations on the Establishment of Posts", which stipulated that the postage should be calculated according to foreign silver. The face value on the previously printed "Dalong", "Little Dragon" and "Wanshou" stamps was calculated according to silver taels. Hong Rendan (1822-1864) of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom first proposed the plan of setting up modern postal services. The local government of the Qing Dynasty first implemented the reform of postal services in Taiwan Province; however, the establishment of national postal services nationwide was entrusted by the Qing government to the British Herd of the General Taxation Department of Customs in 1866. After the customs and postal delivery and the trial postal stage, the establishment of the Qing Dynasty Post was finally officially approved in March 1896. In 1911, the postal service broke away from the customs. The cable telegraph established in 1877 and the municipal telephone established after 1900 were once operated by the government, the commercial office, or the joint operation of the government and the merchant, and the rest were all handled by the state or governments at all levels (telegrams were also accepted into the official office from 1902 to 1908). Since the establishment of modern postal services in China in November 1899, the postal service in Changsha in the old days has experienced two periods of "Great Qing Post". "China Post" Two periods. During the "Great Qing Post" period, Changsha Post was managed by the customs controlled by foreigners. At that time, the postal service was operating at a loss for consecutive years, and the customs was worried about incurring more financial burdens. They adopted a policy of "cautious approach and slow development" for postal construction. By 1910, when the postal service was separated from the customs jurisdiction, there were only two branch offices in Changsha city. There was no self-operated post office in the rural areas of Changsha and Shanhua counties. There were only a few bus post routes and commissioned ship post routes on the main postal routes. There were fewer postal routes in villages and towns, and the development of postal services was extremely slow. In 1912, the Republic of China was established, and Changsha entered the "China Post" period. In 1927, the French postmaster was slightly expelled from Hunan, and Changsha regained postal rights. However, due to the slow development of social productive forces, the weakness of the country and the poor, and the damage caused by the warlord war and the Japanese invasion war in Changsha. Later, it was affected by inflation. The development of Changsha's postal industry was tortuous and difficult. By 1949, there were only 13 self-operated service points in the urban area. City and township postal transportation and delivery mainly relied on step shifts. The local (Changsha) business unit of the Hunan Postal Administration had only one car and 21 bicycles to transfer and receive mail in the city. However, with the development of society, a new postal transportation network began to take shape. Initially, line mail routes, ships, and train mail routes were gradually developed. Bicycle mail routes, car mail routes, air mail routes, and motorcycle mail routes were gradually developed, which was a progress in modern postal services. Red stamps were stamped with small characters "Dang Yiyuan" stamps, commonly known as "Small Yiyuan".