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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