China: Traditional Painting

Last Saturday I got a postcard from China.

It shows a traditional painting.

Three stamps were used on this card. My favourite is the one on the right. It was issued on 24th April 2020 and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Successful Launch of China's first Satellite, Dong Fang Hong I. After the Soviet Union, the USA, France and Japan China was just the fifth country in the World to independently launch a satellite. It was heavier than the first satellites of other countries and carried a radio transmitter which broadcast The East is Red. Although it just had a design life of 20 days, it remains in orbit until today. On the stamp the satellite is embossed. The other two stamps are from a set of six about Chinese Ancient Mythology (issued 06-08-2019). These two show Cangjie, official historian of the Yellow Emperor and the inventor of Chinese characters, and Leizu, the wife of the Yellow Emperor who discovered the silk farming and invented the silk loom.

Thank You very much Ruinan!