Where did the concept of ticket collector come from?

Zhou Changnian once published a long article titled "Talk about Ticket Collection" in "Hengshui Daily" for four issues. Regarding the origin of ticket tickets, the article introduces: The generation of ticket tickets has a process of gestation and evolution. The "Fujie" in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the "door borrowing" in the Han Dynasty, and the "tie" in the Tang Dynasty all have the meaning of ticket tickets. It is called the prototype of ticket. The emergence of tickets in a complete sense in our country can be traced back to at least 300 years ago in the 22nd year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1633). In the book "New Records of Yuchu", Sun Jiacheng wrote in his "Journey to the South"... There is a Temple of the Empress on the top of the mountain. , then you can get the official ticket, which costs two coins.” The “official ticket” here is the earliest official written record of the ticket.

In front of the early coupon booth, you can see a variety of round metal coupons that are the same as current hard cent coins. Such as Beijing Tiantan Park ticket, Beihai Park ticket, Shanghai Park ticket, Wuhan Zhongshan Park ordinary person ticket, etc. These types of tickets can generally be reused multiple times. There are different opinions on the classification of ticket eras. Zhou Changnian called the tickets before the "Cultural Revolution" early tickets, and he has more than 1,000 of them in his collection. Although the tickets of this period are not exquisite, they are very difficult to collect due to objective reasons, so they are particularly precious.

Among the early tickets collected by Zhou Changnian, there is one ticket that looks very inconspicuous. It is 42 meters long and 31 meters wide. It has the words "Tangshan Fenghuang Mountain Park Tickets" printed on it. The quality of the paper was also very poor. It turned out that this was the first ticket Zhou Changnian collected in September 1965. That year, Zhou Changnian was admitted to Tangshan Mining and Metallurgy College. It was the first time for a farmer's child to take a bus or train. The first time I walked into the city, the first time I went to the park, it was such a huge change that I will never forget it. In addition, Zhou Changnian’s classmate and friend bought the ticket on his behalf. The reason why he failed to pay back the money afterwards was because Zhou Changnian carefully paid it back. This ticket was deposited in the stamp album. A year later, the unprecedented "Cultural Revolution" began, and the nationwide "mass rallies", "revolutionary holy places fever", and "school suspension for revolution fever" became stronger and stronger. Not only was Zhou Changnian undisturbed, but with the help of classmates from all over the country, he collected a lot of various tickets from the "Cultural Revolution" period.

Zhou Changnian's collection room and study room were named Qingzhuzhai. It was inscribed by Mr. Yin Haijin, the president of the Hengshui Calligraphers Association. It was carved from mahogany and hung above the door. It is extremely simple and elegant.

When you step into the "Green Bamboo Room", you enter the world of collections. The collection is well organized, numerous and not chaotic. Zhou Changnian’s collection mainly consists of three categories: door tickets, world coins, and ancient weights and measures, but there are more than ten items in the collection, such as ancient locks. , ancient coins, stamps, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, Chairman Mao badges, maps, cigarette labels, sparklers, food stamps, commemorative coins, first issues of periodicals and magazines, etc., generally have archives, but not so much effort is required for concurrent collections. , mainly used for exchange and making friends. Zhou Changnian is now a member of the Asian Numismatic Association, and he can be said to be a qualified member. Not only does he have a rich collection, he has also published more than 10 related papers. One of the important reasons for the collection is exchange. " During the "Cultural Revolution", in order to "protect the glorious image" of Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan stamps, the postmark was not allowed to be stamped on the stamps. Such actual envelopes have high collection value. Zhou Changnian exchanged several such envelopes for more than 500 world coins at one time.