What phoenix artifacts are there on the stamps?

On July 29th, China Post issued a set of 6 "Phoenix (Cultural Relics)" special stamps, with the patterns: Jade Phoenix in Neolithic Age, Bird and Animal Statue of Hou in Western Zhou Dynasty, Glazed Phoenix-headed Dragon Pot, Tang Jinfeng, Ming Sifeng wearing peony flowers and Qing Qinghua Phoenix wearing peony jars. The stamp size is 30 × 40mm, the perforation degree is 13.5 degrees, and the number of stamps is 16. The stamp size is 150 × 195mm, and the face value of the full set of stamps is 7.80 yuan.

Phoenix, that is, Phoenix, was created by ancient Chinese people in combination with various elements of nature, such as birds and animals, sun, wind and so on. It has the characteristics of reaching heaven, grasping morality, auspiciousness, loftiness, Shang Jie, lyricism, beauty and success. Phoenix is an auspicious representative of China traditional culture. Its head is like a golden pheasant and its body is like a mandarin duck. It has Dapeng wings, crane legs, parrot's mouth and peacock's tail. "Er Ya Shi Bird" Guo Pu notes: "The head of a chicken, the neck of a snake, the back of a turtle, the tail of a fish, five colors, six feet high." Phoenix is the first of all birds, a symbol of auspiciousness, beauty and peace, and also the title of the queen in feudal times.

20 17 is the year of the rooster in China. In folklore, the phoenix is a totem animal second only to the dragon, and it is also closely related to the chicken in "bloodline". "Shan Hai Jing" records that "there are birds, which are shaped like chickens, colorful literary talents and famous phoenixes"; In the Yellow Emperor, the phoenix was regarded as a chicken. From the morphological category analysis, if there is a phoenix, it should only belong to chickens. Phoenix is the cultural transformation of chicken, and chicken is the secular incarnation of chicken.

Phoenix is an ancient totem of Chinese ancestors. Since its appearance in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it has experienced more than 2,000 years of historical and cultural evolution, bearing the spiritual and aesthetic connotations of the Chinese nation in different times, and has developed into a symbolic symbol reflecting the spiritual temperament of the Chinese nation. Phoenix has become a legendary god with its gorgeous appearance and vigorous personality? Auspicious, appearing in the world means world peace.

China is the birthplace of Phoenix culture. Feng Niaowen is common in artifacts of past dynasties. Today, there are still many phoenix-shaped and ornamented cultural relics-from Yufeng in Hongshan Culture to Jinfeng in Baqiao in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and then to peony-patterned jars in the middle and late Qing Dynasty-which run through the whole history of China and are produced in dozens of provinces in the north and south. The materials are jade, gold and silver, ceramics, calligraphy and painting, embroidery and other categories, and the functions cover ritual vessels. Phoenix culture, with its historical relics, has a long history, wide spread and far-reaching influence.

Phoenix (cultural relic) special stamp is a companion piece of dragon (cultural relic) issued in 2000, because both dragon and phoenix have become the generalized totem, spiritual symbol, cultural symbol and emotional bond of the Chinese nation. These two sets of stamps are a series with high historical significance and artistic value. The stamps are selected from the six most representative cultural relics in the history of China, and according to the different material characteristics of the cultural relics, six different printing processes are used in the same set of stamps for the first time, which perfectly reproduces the wonderful features of the Phoenix cultural relics and makes this set of stamps extremely aesthetic and distinctive.

The first jade phoenix, using jade powder technology, restores the natural luster and moisturizing effect of jade, reflecting the unique oriental charm of ancient jade. This is the first time that China stamps have been powdered. The second statue of Hou Bird in Jin Dynasty specially invited the sculptor of China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation to create, and used delicate carving lines to show the mottled patterns and heavy texture of bronzes to the fullest. The third green-glazed phoenix-headed dragon handle pot adopts three-dimensional relief technology to highlight the texture and volume of porcelain. The fourth one, golden phoenix, used embossing and blanching technology to stick a metal film on the wall, which restored the luxurious style of cultural relics. Fifth, the phoenix embroidered peony flower, using the local cold ironing process, reproduces the superb skill of the flower "warping and weft breaking". The sixth blue-and-white phoenix wears a peony-patterned jar, and adopts a glossy process. The picture has rich details and distinct layers, presenting a perfect "Xuande Blue".

This set of stamps reflects the evolution of phoenix patterns in different times, and shows the expression forms of phoenix patterns on different materials, which has high historical significance and artistic value. In addition, this set of stamps adopts various anti-counterfeiting means such as anti-counterfeiting paper, anti-counterfeiting ink, special-shaped perforation, code-spraying fluorescence and so on. Designed by Wang, carved in platinum and printed by Henan Post and Telecommunications Printing Factory.

The jade phoenix on the special stamp of "Phoenix (Cultural Relics)" was unearthed at 1955 Luojia Bailing Site in Shijiahe Town, Tianmen City, Hubei Province, about 4800-4400 years ago, which opened the phoenix pattern. It is a national first-class cultural relic and is now in the National Museum of China. Jade Phoenix is slender in shape, beautiful in shape, lively in posture, exquisite in skill and ingenious in conception, representing the highest level of jade carving skills in prehistoric China and even East Asia.

In 2000, the bird statue of the marquis of Jin Dynasty was unearthed atNo. 1 14, Zhao Bei Village, Quwo County, Shaanxi Province. It is the ancestral temple ritual of the first generation of Jin Hou in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Now in Shanxi Museum, it is known as the "treasure of the town hall". The overall shape is a phoenix bird with a vertical back and a phoenix tail bent like a head, which forms a three-point support with its legs.

The green glazed phoenix-headed dragon handle pot is the only complete orphan in the Persian-style pattern phoenix-headed pot in China. Tang Dynasty imperial porcelain pot, a national first-class cultural relic, is now in the Palace Museum.

Baqiao Jinfeng is one of the best gold and silver wares in the Tang Dynasty. It's in Xi 'an Museum now. Jinfeng has a crown on her head, her head held high, her wings spread out, her feet stepped on the ground, her feathers fluttered with the wind, her tail curled up, and her tail feathers were branches and leaves, layer by layer upward. Phoenix head, phoenix wing, phoenix tail and phoenix feet are all very dynamic, vividly depicting the moment when Jinfeng is about to spread her wings and fly.

The silk reeling technique of the Ming Dynasty, wearing peony flowers and interweaving warp and weft, created a vast scene, which is now in the Tsinghua University Art Museum. A pair of phoenixes echo each other in the peony and peach blossoms, with the sky on the top and Fuhai on the bottom, which is rich and festive. The ground is woven with twisted gold thread, and the grain is woven with techniques such as "scale", "hook" and "wooden comb". The color matching is clear and the composition is full, which is a rare masterpiece.

Blue-and-white Phoenix wears a peony jar, with a height of 37.5 cm, a diameter of 15.5 cm and a foot diameter of 15.4 cm. It is the largest blue-and-white porcelain in Feng Huangwen in the Qing Dynasty, and it is also the most complete blue-and-white porcelain. It's in the Palace Museum now. The carcass of this jar is heavy, the blue and white are vivid, the pattern is clear and lively, the cover is painted with branch peony flowers and deformed wishful patterns, and the phoenix pattern is bold and unrestrained with a pen, concise and concise. There is a blue-and-white seal script in the foot, "the system of clearing the road and light years". The shape and painting style of this jar have distinct characteristics of the times.

Since ancient times, the working people in our country have regarded Phoenix as a symbol of auspiciousness, peace and wealth, and regarded it as an auspicious bird. Therefore, Phoenix has become an important pattern material, often appearing on paintings or various utensils, which can be seen from the stamps issued by China's postal department after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

1On August 25th, 954, China People's Post issued a set of four special stamps of "Ancient Cultural Relics of the Great Motherland (Group V)", among which the fourth stamp was "Lacquer, Lacquer Feather and Warring States Lacquer", and the left side of the stamp (the stamp label was lacquer) was 109. The composition is divided into five columns, of which the first, third and fifth columns are deformed Feng Huangwen. In the second column, there are two wild animals fighting on the left, two hunters with arrows on the right, and in the fourth column, there is a man holding a monkey and two wild animals chasing back and forth. This is the earliest phoenix in China stamps.

1979 On March 29th, the State Post Bureau issued a set of two special stamps, including the pattern of 1949, Silk Paintings of Man Kui Feng unearthed from Chu Tomb of Warring States in Changsha. Phoenix has a very beautiful shape, with its neck raised, its beak opened, its wings spread, its forelimbs arched and its hind legs pedaled to the ground, showing a vigorous and powerful beauty.

1992 On February 4th, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the promulgation of the current Constitution, China's postal department issued a set of stamps numbered 1992-20, entitled "Constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC) (1982- 1992)" by Lu Tianjiao. The picture shows a pair of golden phoenix flying around the Constitution from east to west and from west to east, implying that people of all ethnic groups in China will work together to create a peaceful and prosperous world, and the country will be prosperous and the people will live and work in peace and contentment.

2065438+On April 9, 2007, China Post issued a special stamp of Hongshan culture jade. The second "Jade Phoenix" and the third "Jade Man" were unearthed in Niuheliang Site, Liaoning Province, belonging to the new type of Hongshan culture jade unearthed for the first time, and are now in the Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. Among them, Yufeng bends her neck and looks back, with distinct feathers and wings and beautiful and smooth lines. Jade is light blue nephrite, with gray mud and defects in some areas, flat and thin, with phoenix carved on the front and negative lines on the feather. The overall carving is very fine, with layered body expression and beautiful and smooth lines.

From ancient times to civilized times, dragon and phoenix culture has always been a symbol of the same belief of all ethnic groups, a symbol of imperial power and the spiritual support of people's good wishes. In our traditional culture, where there is a dragon, there is a phoenix. Together, things will be more harmonious and perfect, such as "Dragon and Phoenix Dance" and "Dragon and Phoenix Becoming Lucky".

On March 29th 1979, the first special stamp was Chinese Painting and Silk Painting of Chu Tomb in Changsha, and on February 29th, the third special stamp was Dragon and Phoenix Lantern and Palace Lantern, 198 10, 1988.

198 1 On April 5th, 2008, in order to promote the long-standing ceramic culture in China, China Post issued a set of 6 special stamps (T62) of China Ceramics-Cizhou Kiln System, among which the 4th and 5th stamps were Yuan Dynasty Shuangfeng Pot and Longfeng Flat Pot with face values of 8 respectively. The dragon pattern on the shape of the vessel is vigorous and powerful, and the moire pattern painted next to it is very vivid and makes people feel like clouds. The phoenix pattern is simple and smooth, the tail is fluttering, and the wings hit the sky directly. Against the background of moire, it shows its graceful posture.

Phoenix worship is a fetishism based on animal worship and a sublimation of animal worship. Chickens, eagles, swallows, cranes, crows, quails, peacocks, mandarin ducks, swans and many other birds have entered the integration process of the phoenix and become the materials of the phoenix. From 2004 to 2006, the State Post Bureau issued 9 kinds (pieces) of ordinary stamps on birds in China, and in 2008, a set of 6 special stamps with the same theme was issued. These stamps are printed with bird species unique to China, rare birds and national protected animals, such as golden pheasant, white-tailed ground crow, yellow-bellied golden pheasant, black-fronted mountain noise and Tibetan pheasant. Taiwan blue magpie etc. These Chinese birds are a fusion of phoenix, and stamps with their images as patterns can also be called "Phoenix stamps".