Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
A Chinese Airbrush Painting
I sent a Colorado card to a young woman in China in exchange for this card showing Chinese Brush painting. Isn't it pretty? The back of the card says: "Frost's Descent: It means the climate is getting colder gradually and frost appears".
Even the stamp is a work of art.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Foxiangge of the Summer Palace, Beijing
"The Foxiangge [Tower of Buddhist Incense] is the largest structure in the Summer Palace and one of the masterpieces of architecture. The eight-facade tower is 41 meters high [approx.. 135 ft] with three stories and four tiers of eaves. It is the very center of the whole garden."
This card arrived from China on June 30. The sender says she has visited the Summer Palace three times and has enjoyed learning about how the Chinese emperors lived.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Guangzhou, China
Another postcard from China! This one came on May 25. My Postcrossing profile says I will enjoy getting any postcard, but if you can send one of a castle, then I will be particularly happy. The sender of this postcard says "Hello ~ you said you love castles very much and I'm very sorry that I don't have such postcard :( Anyway, I hope you'll like this one :)". I do like this one - I love the colors of this building! This is the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou, China.
I have to reluctantly admit that my knowledge of Chinese history is fairly rusty, and I had to look up Dr. Sun Yat Sen. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen. This memorial hall is in Guangzhou, China. There is also a National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial hall in Taipei City ~ yatsen.gov.tw/english/. The National memorial hall is what I first found when I searched for the hall, and it didn't look anything like my postcard's photo and I was confused until I found the one in Guangzhou.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Antique Hairpin from China
This is another of my favorites. The sender of the card says "the object in the picture is a kind of hair decoration which was used in ancient China and now we are not able to see it often".
It arrived from China sometime in early November 2009. I can't remember exactly because I forgot to register it when it arrived!
Another thing she says is "I'm glad to meet you through such a special way ~ though I don't know much about you but at least we all like post-cards". That is the simple joy of postcrossing.com, bringing people from all over the world together through the simple act of exchanging postcards!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
The Great Wall of China
This postcard sender asks me, "Have you been to Great Wall? It's really amazing." No, I haven't been to the Great Wall, but it does look amazing! It looks pretty cool lit up at night, doesn't it? This card arrived in my mailbox on October 2, 2009.
Even lit up, it cannot been seen from space. Looking at the Great Wall from the moon would be like looking at a human hair from two miles away! For more on the Great Wall, see the article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China
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