Special Stamps：Gulangyu

In May 2003.the State Postal Bureau issued a set of three special stamps pictur-ing Gulangyu,a scenic island southwest of Xiamen City,Fujian Province. This oval islet,just 1.8 kilometers long and 1 kilometer wide,has an undulating     

Stamps of New China： Special Stamps：Liu Yi Delivers a Letter

Chop chicken leg into small pieces and mari-nate in 10 grams soy sauce for 20 minutes. Deep-fry in oil for 5 minutes until brown, and then remove.     

Special Stamps：The Double Ninth Festival

In 2003, the State Postal Bureau issued a set of three special stamps, the fourth of its kind following sets released to celebrate the Spring Festival, Double Fifth and Mid-Autumn Festivals.The Double Ninth Festival, falling on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, is one of China's traditional celebrations. An Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 25-220) legend tells of a demon that appeared in Ruhe (in present-day Henan Province) on the ninth day of the ninth     

Special Stamps： Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai

N October 2003, the State Postal Bureau issued a set of five special stamps featuring the Chinese folk legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.Liang and Zhu are the Rorneo and Juliet of the East, whose tragic love story is known in every Chinese household.The legend goes that Zhu disguised herself as a boy in order to be able to study. The first stamp shows her and Liang, her classmate, on Caoqiao Bridge     

Stamps of New China——Special Stamps： Sima Guang Breaks the Vat

250 grams canned com kernels2 eggs50 grams beef tenderloin500 grams clear stock5 grams (1 tsp) salt1 gram (1 pinch) pepper25 grams (1 2/3 tbsp) oil5 grams (1 tsp) Shaoxing wine10 grams (2 tsp) mixture of cornstarch and water     

Stamps of New China Special Stamps:Sima Guang Breaks the Vat

On June 1, 2004, International Children's Day, the State Postal Bureau issued a set of three special stamps picturing the folk tale Sima Guang Breaks the Vat.Sima Guang (1019-1086) was a prime minister and renowned historian of the Northern Song Dynasty.     

Stamps of New China

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Stamps of New China

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Special Stamps：Ancient Chinese Arched Bridges

In March 2003, the State Postal Bureau issued a set of four special stamps celebrating China's historic bridges.Ancient bridges in China are noted and admired for their exquisite structures. They can be broadly divided into the four categories of beam, arch, cable and floating bridges. This set of stamps singles out four of China's most magnificent arch bridges.Maple Bridge in Suzhou is representative of bridge architecture in south China. The stamp's olive green background sets off perfectly this starkly beautiful single-arch bridge.     

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To celebrate the second session of the tenth National People's Congress (NPC) and the tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),the Beijing Stamp Company issued two stamp albums,entitled Shouldering Heavy Responsibility and Glorious Course.     

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Straw Mushrooms and Leaf Mustard(Xianggu Gaicai)150 grams canned straw mushrooms150 grams Ieaf mustard50 grams peanut oil2 grams salt10 grams Shaoxing wine2 grams sugar75 grams soup-stock10 grams water-added amylum2 grams seasame oil     

Stamps of New China

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Stamps of New China： Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui-Special Stamps

On June 25, 2004 the State Postal Bureau issued a set of four special stamps entitled “Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun Villages.” The stamps depict two ancient villages in Yixian County, southern Anhui Province, which UNESCO added to the World Heritage List on November 30, 2000.     

Stamps of New China: Spring Festival-Special Stamps

The Spring Festival is the most important and widely celebratedholiday in China. Historical records indicate that the Chinese began celebrating Spring Festival as early as the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220).Then, the festival was more like a carnival, in which the Chinese offeredsacrifices to their ancestors. celebrated bountiful harvests, and wishedfor good harvests in the following years. Today, many Chinese continueto practice old festival traditions, such as pasting paper cuts on window…     

Special Stamps:Gibbons

In December 2002, the State Postal Bureau issued a set of four special stamps featuring gibbons.There are nine species of gibbon, mainly distributed through Southeast Asia. China's Yunnan and Hainan provinces, and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are home to four of these species. This 0.4-0.6-meter-tall primate's most distinguishing feature is its unusually long forelimbs. It lives in groups, in tropical rain forests and subtropi-     

COOKING CLASS Stamps of New China

150 grams pork tenderloin 4 eggs 10 grams (2 tsp) cooking wine 2 grams salt 5 grams finely cut scallions 5 grams cornstarch 150 grams (11 tbsp) cooking oil 1 egg white Whip the eggs in a bowl, and add 1.5-gram salt, scallions and 5 grams (1 tsp) of the cooking wine. Mix well. Cut the     

Stamps of New China Danxia Mountain

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Stamps of New China Hemudu Ruins

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