Introduction to the classification of folk lanterns in Foshan

Guangdong: Foshan issues "Lantern Festival" stamps

People's Daily Online, Foshan, February 12 The State Post Bureau held the launching ceremony of the special stamp "Folk Lantern Festival" in Foshan, Guangdong today. There are five stamps jointly issued by the State Post Bureau, Hongkong Post and Macau Post, namely "Fish Lantern", "Cabbage Lantern", "Lotus Lantern", "Dragon and Phoenix Lantern" and "Hua Die Lantern". Among them, Hua Die lanterns are based on traditional folk colors. This is the second honor with the theme of Guangdong culture after 1998 issued the stamp of Lingnan Gardens-Liangyuan and Qinghui Garden.

It is reported that the stamp "Folk Lantern Festival" is another set of stamps with the same theme issued by the State Post and the postal departments of Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions at the same time after the stamps "Successful Olympic bid", "Centenary of Deng Xiaoping's birthday" and "600th anniversary of Zheng He's voyage to the West". In order to distinguish this set of stamps from the already issued lanterns, palace lanterns and other stamps, the relevant departments of the State Post Bureau held a demonstration meeting attended by experts from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, China Academy of Art and Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts. And make sure that the contents of this set of stamps are classified according to the shape of lanterns, so as to show folk handicrafts more vividly.