Per Editor: Li Zedong
According to the news of the WeChat public account of the Postal Savings Bank of China on December 30, China Post is scheduled to issue a set of 2 special stamps of "The Year of Nongyin" on January 5, 2022, with the names of the stamp designs as follows: National Fortune Changlong and Huyun Auspicious, and the face value of the full set of stamps is 2.40 yuan.
The planned circulation is 40.4 million stamps, 38.8 million stamps, 2.3 million layouts and 4.8 million small promissory notes.
2022 is the year of the lunar calendar, the year of the tiger in the zodiac year. The tiger is known as the "king of the beasts" and is a symbol of bravery and strength. In ancient times, there were tiger charms that used to dispatch troops, and there were also sayings of "tiger generals", "tiger soldiers", "tiger steps" and "tigers", all of which contain the reputation of might and glory.
Folk regard the tiger as a beast that helps to drive away evil spirits and bless tranquility, from the custom of painting the tiger at the door to the humble cloth tiger, the colorful tiger culture has penetrated into people's living customs. In the cultural complex of chonghu and love of tigers, the spirit of Chinese striving to be strong and the wish for auspicious peace are condensed.
The seventh set of the fourth round of Chinese zodiac stamps was created by the famous painter Mr. Feng Dazhong. Feng Dazhong, a national first-class artist, began to enjoy the special allowance of the State Council in 1992; his works of art are especially famous for painting tigers, and he also attacks landscapes and flowers. He once served as the president of the China Gongbi Painting Society, the deputy director of the Chinese Painting Art Committee of the China Artists Association, the vice president of the Chinese Painting Society, the director of the China Artists Association, the member of the China Writers Association, and the president of the Liaoning Provincial Old Artists Association.
The image of the tiger in the special stamp of "The Year of Nongyin" starts from the "real", obtains the nature of the tiger, and carefully interprets the beauty of the tiger. The stamps continue the design concept of the fourth round of zodiac stamps, interpreting the concepts of "country" and "home". The first picture, "National Fortune Changlong", depicts the image of a majestic tiger on the mountain, standing tall and ambitious, conveying the meaning of the country's prosperity and ambition; the second picture, "Tiger Yun auspicious", depicts the warm scene of a gentle tiger mother with two small tigers, implying the prosperity of children and grandchildren and a happy family.
The set of stamps is presented using offset engraving combined printing, engraved by Yuan Yishan and Liu Minghui, and printed by Beijing Stamp Factory Co., Ltd.
This set of stamps is designed by Wang Huming. The small promissory note screen design is ingenious, through the extension of the image of the zodiac tiger with both shape and god, wonderfully presents the picture themes of "National Fortune Changlong" and "Tiger Yun auspicious", and realizes the "five firsts": the first display of the zodiac stamp superimposed color printing, the first time in a four-square concatenation of the inner page of the stamp, the first time to present the left and right folding form, the first time to increase the inner page stamp fluorescent spray code, the first use of tactile glazing process.
The set of stamps is sold at designated postal outlets, philatelic network halls, China Post mobile phone clients and China Post WeChat Philatelic WeChat Mall of China Post For a period of 6 months. In order to display the stamp content more abundantly, China Post will release digital content through the "China Philatelic Stamp Encyclopedia" WeChat Mini Program, which can be viewed using ar function.
Daily Economic News comprehensive Postal Savings Bank of China WeChat public account report
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