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Three Gorges FDC5
1994-18
(YANGTZE THREE GORGES) Stamp Collectors Edition Pictorial
On November 4th, 1994, Ministry of Post and Communications of China will isue a set of commemoration stamps for the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River. A sixpiece stamp set and an enlarged limited edition stamp.
Xiling Gorge, extends from Fragant Stream in Zigui COunty in the west to Nanjin Pass in Yichang County n the east. It has a total length of 76 km. This gorge is awesome with its dagerous rapids, shoals, reefs, sharp turns and whirlpools. It also consists of several small gorges. Here, some of the peaks half hidden behind drifting mists are like faintly inked traditional chinese paintings. The rugged peaks piercing into the clouds with boisterous waves below present scenes of a richly colored oil painting. The famous Three Gorges Project construction site is on the Xiling Gorge at a distance of about 40 km. from Yichang City.
Yuepingli, Qu Yuans birthplace is a distance of 1.5 km from Zigui County on the northern bank of the Yangtze. It consists of the temple gate, the statue of Qu Yuan, the memorial and grave of Qu Yuan.
Designer: Yang Wenqing, Li Defu
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Three Gorges FDC3
1994-18
(YANGTZE THREE GORGES) Stamp Collectors Edition Pictorial
On November 4th, 1994, Ministry of Post and Communications of China will isue a set of commemoration stamps for the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River. A sixpiece stamp set and an enlarged limited edition stamp.
Wu Gorge (Wu Xia) begins at the mouth of the Daling River in Wushan County, Sichuan Province in the west and ends at Guandukou in Badong County, Hubei province in the east. It a total length of 40 km. Like a winding corridor of paintings, this gorge displays twelve splendid peaks of the Wushan Mountain Range. As an old poem says: Cruising down Wu Gorge, the Twelve Peaks of the Wushan Mountains become one with your heart.
The Goddess Peak (Wang Xia Feng) stands out from the other peaks on the northern bank of the Yangtze. It is only 15 km. from Wushan County. Seen at a distance it resembles the silhouette of a beautiful young lady, who is said to be Yao Ji, the youngest daughter of the Queen Mother of the Western Heaven, hence the name Goddess Peak.
Designer: Yang Wenqing, Li Defu
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