Qilu Network Lightning News, April 22, 2022 China Post is scheduled to issue a set of 4 special stamps and 1 miniature sheet of "Masterpieces of Chinese Classical Literature - (5)" on April 23, 2022. The names of the stamp designs are: Dai Yu Burning Manuscript, Jinyu Marriage, TanChun Yuan Marriage, Bao Yu But Dust, and the name of the miniature zhang pattern is: Hantang Crane Shadow. The full set of stamps has a face value of $11.10. The number of stamps planned to be issued is 8.6 million sets, and the number of miniature sheetlets is planned to be 5.98 million.
This set of stamps is the fifth set of stamps in the "Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Literature" series issued by China Post since 2014, depicting five story scenes from the 76th to the 120th time of the novel. The miniature Zhang "Crane Shadow of Hantang" shows the scene of Daiyu and Xiangyun Mid-Autumn Festival Night Poetry Yongyue, and the picture creates a poignant and quiet literary poetry scene with cool tones;
The first picture, "Dai Yu Burning Manuscript", shows the scene of Dai Yu burning the poetry manuscript and cutting off the infatuation lying in bed, and through the delicate portrayal of the character's action and demeanor, it shows the situation that Dai Yu is still in tears and has made up her mind;
The second figure, "The Marriage of Gold and Jade", shows the scene of Baoyu and Baochao becoming relatives, and through Baoyu's stunned expression and Baochao's helpless demeanor, it implies the tragic atmosphere of the novel;
The third figure, "Exploring Spring and Marrying Far Away", shows the scene of a single shadow of Tanchun taking a boat to get married, hiding his face and crying, and expresses the reluctance and sadness of the characters' hearts through the rendering of the broken kite, the vast sea and other environments;
The fourth figure, "Baoyu but Dust", shows the scene of Baoyu stepping barefoot on the snow and drifting away, highlighting Baoyu's determination to cut off the dust edge and abandon him as a monk.
This set of stamps was created by Xiao Yutian, a famous painter and national first-class artist. The painter uses the traditional Chinese painter's method of heavy color creation, the picture composition is full, the colors are simple and delicate, the characters are vividly portrayed, and the story scene of the original novel is brilliantly depicted, showing the novel ending of "sorrowful gold mourning jade" and "wind and clouds", and drawing a satisfactory end to the series of stamps of "Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Literature".
This set of stamps is printed by Beijing Stamp Factory Co., Ltd. using photocopying technology, with saturated colors and fine lines, which fully reflects the characteristics of six-color high network cables and highly restores the style of painting. The anti-counterfeiting ink adopts red fluorescent ink, and the picture content under the violet light is more vivid and three-dimensional.
The set of stamps is sold in designated postal outlets, philatelic network halls, China Post mobile phone clients, China Post WeChat Philatelic WeChat Mall and China Post Mall WeChat Mini Program 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, and stamp collectors can use the AR function to watch.
Lightning News reporter Zhang Kan correspondent Cui Pengsen reported