Tuesday, October 9, 2007

China Stamp: 2007-28

4-1: Zhang Fei Temple
4-2: Shibaozhai

4-3: Dachang Ancient Town
4-4: Qu Yuan Tomb
China Stamp
Name: Historic Site in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River
Number: 2007-28T
Issue date: 2007 October 13th

Design:
4-1: Zhang Fei Temple

Zhang Fei Temple is located 55 km from Wanxian and 64 km from Fengjie, Yunyang County which had been known as the place of it, Zhangfei maybe is not known to many western visitors, but very famous in Asia. the temple is a famous historical sites along the Yangtze River.

Opposite to the Yunyang county , the magnificent Temple with glazed tile and red walls perches on the Flying Phoenix Hill on the southern bank of the river. More...

4-2: Shibaozhai
Shibaozhai (Trad. Chinese 石寶寨 Simp. Chinese 石宝寨- Precious Stone Fortress) is a hill along the bank of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in China. This rocky and craggy hill has extremely steep sides and is about 200 meters (700 feet) tall.

On the river side of the hill is a red pavilion of nine floors which leans against the side of the hill providing a walkway to the temple at the top of the hill. A yellow entrance at the base of the pavilion provides an entrance. More...

4-3: Dachang Ancient Town
The 1,700-year-old Dachang was the most integrated ancient town in the Three Gorges area, with slabstone roads, traversed by the Daning River, a Yangtze River tributary.

Its ancient structures were designed in the architecture styles of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties.

4-4: Qu Yuan Tomb
Qu Yuan Tomb(in Qu Yuan Shrine) was built in memorial of the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan (Chinese: 屈原; pinyin: Qū Yuán) (ca. 340 BC - 278 BC). It is situated at Xiangjiaping, 1.5km from Guizhou Town, the seat of Zigui County. In 820, the Qu Yuan Shrine was built at Quyuantuo, 2.5 km from the county seat. After that it was rebuilt many times. Because of the construction of the Gezhouba Water Control Project, the water level rose, the shrine was rebuilt at the eastern suburb of the county. The three Chinese characters "Qu Yuan Shrine" were inscribed by Guo Moruo (1892―1978, an outstanding contemporary Chinese historian, paleographer and play wright).

Those FDCs were sent to my Lithuania friend on issue day by registered mail. There are 2 special cancellation on the FDC, top one is China special cancellation, bottom one is Shanghai special cancellation.

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