Where did the greeting cards come from?
In the 2nd century AD, a commemorative medallion appeared in ancient Rome, engraved with the words "Roman Senate and all its subjects wish the founding father Aduanan Augustus a Happy New Year", which is the predecessor of Heka.
In the Middle Ages, various forms of harmony cards appeared one after another. At that time, wood and cards were the most popular in Central Europe, that is, blessing words were engraved on smooth wood, and some people used pigments to color wood carvings to make them colorful.
Valentine's Day card is the oldest card. As early as February15th every year in ancient Rome, girls put their love words in a box with shyness and joy, and then the boys in the whole city drew lots to draw a congratulatory message from which girl so that he could have sex with that girl justifiably. Gu Nian's message in the box can be said to be the earliest Valentine's Day card.
From 65438 to 0840, American businessman Esther A Holland began to mass-produce Valentine's Day cards as commodities. It made a profit of $5,000 in the first year. It can be seen that greeting cards have been greatly favored by people almost since their birth.
In addition, Christmas cards, the most popular greeting cards in the former West, also appeared very late. The first designs of this card came from John C. horsley, an English painter in 1843.
1874, Mr Louis Braun, a famous American printing authority and a German immigrant, printed Christmas cards in Massachusetts. The exquisite and unique cards immediately attracted people and won the favor of the public. Today, the world spends hundreds of billions of greeting cards every year, and its sales have reached 200 billion dollars. The process of making greeting cards is becoming more and more colorful, and new types of greeting cards emerge one after another.