China is an ancient civilized country, with a long history in postal communications. Early in the Incheon era, more than three thousand years ago, organized postal communications appeared in China. With the invasion of imperialism, modern postal technology entered China. The Chinese customs under the control of the aggressors was first co-operated with the postal service, then in 1878 opened the postal office belonging to the customs, then opened the business and issued the postal bills. The first set of our country's postal bills "Dragon", issued on August 15, 1878, has been the history of years since now.

At the time for the issuance of the first set of postcards, a number of patterns were designed, such as: "Thank Years" , "Six and Baota", "Fly Dragon Map", "Long Phoenix Pearl", "Double Dragon Pearl" and so on. The result was the "Long Dragon" pattern was chosen. This set of postcards was known as "Long Dragon" postcards. The name "Long Dragon" was compared with the second set of postcards similar to the main map issued in 1885. The first set was larger, so called "Long Dragon" and the second set was smaller, so called "Long Dragon". The Big Dragon Postcards were printed in three periods, because the quality and edge of the paper vary, so it was also known separately as "Long Dragon

The main chart is the symbol of the Qing royal family ¨C the dragon, shaped with cloudy waves, the dragon¡¯s right front is a dawn pearl. The upper box of the postcard is the English word ¡°China¡± (CHINA), the lower box is the English translation of several pennies of silver. The upper corner is the word ¡°Great Clear¡± and the lower corner is the face value written in Arabic numbers. The right box is printed with the ¡°Post Office¡± and the left box is the word ¡°Split¡±. The face value of the postcard with customs silver indicates that green is one penny silver, red is three penny silver, yellow is five penny silver, the three gaps are almost twelve and a half degrees. The printing of the big dragon¡¯s postcard is

¡°Dragon¡± as China¡¯s first postcard, occupies an important place in China¡¯s postal history and transportation history, its birth is regarded by relevant people at home and abroad as a major event in China¡¯s cultural history.In 1988, in commemoration of the 110th anniversary of the issuance of the Dragon Postcard, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of China issued a small memorial card, and a variety of commemorative events were held throughout the country.