论民国时期贺电的类型及其发展

Types and development of congratulatory telegram in the period of the Republic of China

贺电作为交际电报的一种,在民国时期被广泛应用于政治、军事、外交及社会生活等诸多领域。民国年间,随着交通部业务的日益完善,同时受拍寄费用降低、报刊媒介宣传推广、社会舆论倡导及民众观念变化等因素的影响,贺电在拍发数量、类型等方面得到了长足的发展。民国期间贺电的发展,极大地便利了社会各阶层的交往与情感交流,时至今日,贺电仍在政务层面广泛存在。

As a kind of communication telegram,congratulatory telegram had been widely used in many fields,such as politics,military affairs,diplomacy and social life during the period of the Republic of China. At that time,due to the factors as the improvement of the business of the Ministry of Transportation,the reduction of the cost,the publicity and promotion of newspapers and periodicals,the encouragement of public opinions and the change of people’s ideas,congratulatory telegram had made considerable progress in quantity,types,et al. The development of congratulatory telegram offered great convenience for the communication and emotional exchanges among all social strata. Even today,sending congratulatory telegrams is widely applied in government activities.