中国古代的邮驿系统

Post Station System in Ancient China

邮驿,即古代的邮政,是为封建政府传递文书、接待使客、运转物资的通信和交通组织,偶尔也允许私书附递。由于它"通远迩于一脉,继往来以无穷"而被称为"国之血脉"。驿站是邮驿系统的基层组织,通信中转机构,历代多设专职官吏{如驿长、驿吏、驿丞等)管理。今天,我国许多地区仍存在着数百年乃至千年以前的古驿站、邮亭遗迹,成为邮驿历史的见证。

Daks,the postal stations in ancient times,were the organizations of communications and traffics,which served the feudal government by delivering documents,welcoming envoys and transporting commodities.Occasionally, it allows attached private letters delivery.It is called'National Lifeline'for its convenient links between many different places,remote or close and the communication has never stopped.Daks are basic organizations and communication transit agencies of the post station system.Full-time officials such as station chief and station officials were appointed to perform the management job.Nowadays,many ancient post stations and deserted postal sites of hundreds and thousands of years ago can still be seen in many parts of our country,witnessing the long,standing history of our post station system.