Qingdao post and Telecommunications Museum

The former German imperial post office in jiaoao, built in 1901, is the earliest existing post and telecommunications business building in Qingdao. The architectural style is unique. When you browse it, you can learn about the history and cultural relics of Posts and telecommunications. At the same time, you can buy exquisite stamps and postcards. The slow delivery service is also very attractive. If you are tired, you might as well sit in the cafe on the top floor and write postcards. Go out and turn right to have the post office, which can be stamped with the same day's postmark, which is more commemorative.

Qingdao post and Telecommunications Museum

Qingdao post and Telecommunications museum is located at NO.5 Anhui Road, Shinan District, at the junction of Anhui Road and Guangxi road. It is the former site of the German imperial post office in jiaoao. Built in 1901, this building is the earliest existing post and telecommunications business building in Qingdao. In 2009, China Unicom Qingdao Branch invested nearly 10 million yuan to build Qingdao post and Telecommunications Museum, which was officially opened to the public on November 21, 2010. The museum has more than 1000 cultural relics and more than 2000 historical pictures, which are regularly open to primary and secondary school students in Qingdao free of charge.

Qingdao post and Telecommunications Museum covers an area of about 2500 square meters, exhibition area of about 1400 square meters. There are three floors open: the first floor is the reception hall, antique telephone wall, jiaoao 1901 slow delivery and souvenir shop; the second floor is the main exhibition hall; the fourth floor is the tower 1901 hall, which is the only century old wooden tower in Qingdao. The Gothic structure of the tower 1901 Hall shows the architectural technology of 120 years ago, is an important window to understand the architectural art, and is also a witness of modern history .

Development history

In 2009, China Unicom Qingdao Branch invested nearly 10 million yuan to repair the Qingdao post and Telecommunications Museum, which was officially opened to the public on November 21, 2010. The post and Telecommunications museum is a cultural and tourism place with modern industrial heritage, old German architecture, special post and Telecommunications Museum, popular science base, patriotic education base and other functions. There are more than 1000 cultural relics and 2000 historical pictures in the collection. Taking history as a clue, it shows tourists the development journey of post and telecommunications in the past 100 years. The operation orientation of the museum is semi public welfare. It is a comprehensive shopping and leisure place and is open to primary and secondary school students in Qingdao free of charge on a regular basis.

In terms of construction pattern, it has completely restored the original historical appearance of the German imperial post office in jiaoao in 1901, and has become a beautiful landscape in the cultural zone of the old city of Qingdao. The Museum covers an area of 2500 square meters, with exhibition area of 1400 square meters. The first floor is the reception hall and free exhibition area, and the second and third floors are the main exhibition areas.

In 1893, the Qing government set up the jiaoao telegraph room, the first modern communication organization in Qingdao, in Yangjia Village (now in the north of Dengzhou Road) behind the Yamen of jiaoao general, which was the first step of Qingdao post and telecommunications.

After the German invasion of Qingdao in 1897, systematic post and telecommunications facilities and management mechanism were set up in the leased land of Qingdao and towns along the Jiaoji railway, and the system of separate operation of post, Telegraph and telephone was implemented.

In 1914, Japan replaced Germany and took over the German post and Telecommunications institutions along Jiaozhou Macao and Jiaoji. In 1922, China regained the sovereignty of Qingdao, and Qingdao post and Telecommunications became a part of China's post and telecommunications system.

In 1938, Japan occupied Qingdao again and monopolized the post and telecommunication facilities and business of Qingdao.

In 1945, after the surrender of Japan, the Kuomintang regime restored the original postal, Telegraph and telephone management system in Qingdao.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China in 1949, the development of post and telecommunications in Qingdao has made great strides. Especially since the reform and opening up in 1979, Qingdao's post and telecommunications industry has been fully in line with international standards. Telephone, paging, cell phone These terms gradually fade away, replaced by 3G, broadband, video, MMS, blog and other trendy terms.

Collection

The oldest telephone

Each historical period involves telephone made in more than 20 countries, among which the oldest telephone is the 1905 wall mounted woodcut telephone produced by Ericsson company. As of 2009, there are only less than 10 telephones in the world. The phone has a wooden shell and looks like a Western church building.

Mother in law phone

In the early days of France, the telephone could communicate with three parties and realize the early teleconference.

This is a special call. In addition to the telephone handle, it also has a separate receiver.

It's interesting to say that French men are too romantic, so someone invented this kind of telephone, which allows mother-in-law to monitor son-in-law's calls at any time. Therefore, this kind of telephone is called "mother-in-law telephone".

mobile phone

Among the numerous exhibits, there is also a large "mobile phone", which is 40 cm high, 8 cm wide and 8 cm thick. It is also known as "American made telephone". Jiang Jieshi as like as two peas in the movie "Founding of the Republic". According to reports, this big man is the embryonic form of "mobile phone", which was widely used in Military Liaison during World War II.

Kong Xiangxi Office

In the exhibition hall on the second floor of Qingdao post and Telecommunications Museum, there is a restored Kong Xiangxi office. In the early 1920s, Kong Xiangxi accepted the invitation of Wang Zhengting, his classmate and then supervisor of the Lu case Rehabilitation Committee, to become director of the jiaoao port Telephone Bureau. In order to truly restore this period of history, the staff of the Museum of Posts and telecommunications, with the support of the municipal archives, inquired about a large number of historical materials and found the original instruction of Kong Xiangxi's leaving office issued by the jiaoao commercial port supervision office, which strongly supported this period of history. The instructions are as follows: "the instructions NO.2031 (former) telephone director Kong Xiangxi and Nie Qinghui are the instructions. According to the investigation, the former telephone director Kong Xiangxi's petition has been complied with. The remaining post is represented by the director Nie Qinghui. All matters handled by the bureau should be handed over clearly. In addition to ordering the financial secretary, Guo Zhuquan, to supervise the delivery, and ordering the financial secretary, Nie and Kong (former), to comply with the regulations, he also asked the former financial secretary to hand over all the items and funds in the Bureau on the next day, make a detailed list and seal it, and report it together for verification. Don't delay a little bit. We must obey the order. After he left Qingdao, Kong Xiangxi left behind a small number of things he had used, including a Japanese desk in the early 20th century and a secret code book. With these objects, Qingdao post and Telecommunications Museum has truly restored Kong Xiangxi's office.

Visit information

Taking the historical process as the clue, the exhibition contents in the museum are divided into six parts, namely "tracing the roots", "changing circumstances", "tortuous development", "red memory", "rejuvenate" and "modern communication experience". Visitors can learn about the development of Qingdao's local customs and post and telecommunications in the past century through sound, photo and physical materials.

Slow delivery service

In the hall on the first floor of the post and Telecommunications Museum, the slow delivery business has become the focus of attention. "With the development of the times, the update speed of modern communication technology is faster and faster, and the citizens have been used to using e-mail and telephone to get in touch." Staff said that in order to let the public leave their own text information, the post office counter opened the slow delivery service.

People can keep letters and postcards in the post office and send them to a certain place in a specified future time, up to 50 years. The charge for slow delivery varies according to the length of storage time.

Antique simulation

Visitors in the museum can also use antique telephone to simulate the last century's telephone, and use Morse transmitter to send old-fashioned telegrams.

Antique Telephone

The antique telephone souvenirs developed by the museum are lifelike and antique.

Practical information

admission ticket

Tickets are 50 yuan; postcards are 15-30 yuan

Opening Hours

Summer 8:30-17:00, winter 9:00-16:30.

Traffic information

Take No. 2, No. 5, No. 6, No. 8, No. 25, No. 26, No. 202, No. 217, No. 220, No. 223, No. 225, No. 304, No. 305, No. 307, No. 311, No. 312, No. 316, No. 321, No. 501, No. 1 urban sightseeing line, No. 2 tunnel, No. 6 tunnel trestle station.

Take bus No.2, No.5, no.6, No.26, No.202 and no.217 to Zhanqiao station

Surrounding scenic spots

Zhan Qiao

Qingdao Tianhou Palace

Qingdao Naval Museum

Little Qingdao

Address: No.5 Anhui Road, Shinan District, Qingdao (near Guangxi Road Post Office)

Longitude: 120.3217601

Latitude: 36.0636347

Tel: 0532-68897889

Tour time: 1-2 hours

Traffic information: take bus No.2, No.5, no.6, No.26, No.202 and no.217 to Zhanqiao station

Ticket information: ticket 50 yuan; Postcard 15-30 yuan

Opening hours: 8:30-17:00 in summer, 9:00-16:30 in winter

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