The Year of the Dragon is here, and I received one of my favorite gifts, which is "Gems on Paper".
What is a "gem on paper"? It turns out that some people in the cultural circles once called a book ticket a "gem on paper", but when I see it today, it really lives up to its name.
What I got was the "Forbidden City Book Ticket".
On the red envelope, under the words "Forbidden City Book Ticket", the double dragon played with pearls and danced happily.
When the envelope is opened, a beautiful book ticket appears. It's like two conjoined stamps.
One is a $1.20 stamp with "China Post" printed on it. Length 18 cm, width 13 cm. The capitalized word "Dragon" is at the head, and below is written "Book Ticket", followed by the crimson art word "Palace" in the Palace Museum.
The following picture is the year of Jiachen in 2024, and a five-clawed fire dragon is dancing in the middle, eager to try, and the dragon soars into the world.
After checking Baidu, I learned that the book stamp originated in Europe, which is a kind of pocket print, which was mostly engraved by printmakers at first, and later developed into a small picture designed according to the personality and hobbies of the book ticket owner.
The face of the book ticket is usually mainly a pattern, and is accompanied by the name of the bibliophile, alias, study number, etc., and sometimes one or two proverbs, aphorisms, or the year of the collection.
Because of its preciousness and uniqueness, some people in the cultural world once praised the book stamp as a "paper gem".
Bibliophiles and postage stamps are similar in that, from the day they appeared, they evolved into objects of collection and collection.
"The Book Ticket of the Palace Museum" not only has the characteristics of high art appreciation, but also carries a love, that is, the worship of knowledge and the love of books by human beings.
The Year of the Dragon is here, good luck, hurry up and choose the most beautiful book ticket!
The Forbidden City Book Ticket is not only suitable for personal collection, but also can be given as a gift to relatives and friends.