"Salon" originally refers to the luxurious living room in the residences of the French upper class. Since the 17th century, celebrities in Paris (mostly ladies and ladies) have often turned their living rooms into famous social places.
Most of the people who come in and out are dramatists, novelists, poets, musicians, painters, critics, philosophers and politicians. They had similar interests and gathered together, sipping drinks, listening to elegant music, and hugging each other for a long chat without restraint. Later, people called this form of gathering "salon", and it became popular in the cultural circles of Europe and the United States. The 19th century was its heyday.
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Development history
Since the 17th century, celebrities in Paris (mostly ladies and ladies) often turned the living room into a famous social place , in an era when books were not popular and various promotional tools were underdeveloped, it had a great influence and was an excellent stage to show its influence.
The first person to hold a literary salon was the Marquise de Rambouillet (1588-1655, also translated as "Rambouillet"). Because it gathered many celebrities and scholars in France at that time, it became the most famous salon in Paris and even in France at that time.
After the 18th century, the nature of the salon changed, and the topics discussed were broader, including not only literature and art but also political science, and sometimes radical thoughts and speeches. Therefore, the salon at that time often became A hotbed of revolution.
In the 1920s and 1930s, there was a famous salon in China. The hostess was Lin Huiyin, who is still often mentioned today. It can be seen that this way of socializing was spread to China very early.
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