Rabbit Stamps

Detailed specifications of the stamp

English journal number: T112

English name: Dingmao Year (Year of the Rabbit) (1987)

Subcategory: special stamps with "T" prefix

Issue date: January 5, 1987

Denomination: 8 cents

Sheet size: 80 (8x10)

Tooth size: 11.5

Stamp size: 26x31

Designed by: Li Fangfang

Engraved by: Sun Hongnian

Printing press: Beijing Postage Stamp Factory

Printing plate type: Engraved Plate

Number of Pieces per Set: 1

Printing Quantity: 114,816,500 pieces

Traditional Chinese societies adopted the Lunar Calendar for their chronology of the year, which is still used today in the vast rural areas of China, as it is suitable for farming production that is highly seasonal in nature. This calendar, which is related to the moon's cycles, is also known as the "lunar calendar" (because the ancient Chinese referred to the moon as the "planet Taiyin"). The Lunar Calendar uses "Heavenly Stems" and "Earthly Branches"; the "Heavenly Stems" are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, X, N, K; the "Earthly Branches" are Zi, Zi, Zi; the "Earthly Branches" are Zi, Zi, Zi; and the "Earthly Branches" are Zi, Zi, Zi. Earth Branch" for the son, ugly, c, d, e, c, si, noon, not, shen, you, huxu, ohai. Take ten Heavenly Stems in the A, C, E, G, N and twelve Earthly Branches in the son, c, c, noon, afternoon, Shen, Hundred Days cycle match, and then take ten Heavenly Stems in the B, D, F, H, D and twelve Earthly Branches in the clowns, d, S, F, U, U, You, Ohio cycle match, will be sixty kinds of combinations: A, B ugly ......, known as the sixty A. The twelve Earthly Branches and twelve respectively, and the twelve Earthly Branches, respectively, and the twelve Earthly Branches, respectively, and the twelve Earthly Branches. And the twelve Earthly Branches and twelve kinds of animal combinations: sub-mouse, ugly cattle, c tiger, rabbit, chenlong, six snakes, afternoon horse, ungoat, Shen monkey, You chicken, Hundred Days Dog, Ohio pig; each year to a combination of the year's "Chinese Zodiac", the year of birth of the people to the "Chinese Zodiac! "as their own" phases "; every twelve years cycle. Ding Mao year is the year of the rabbit in the lunar calendar, people born in this year is the rabbit.

The rabbit is a symbol of longevity and the moon in Chinese mythology, so people born in the year of the rabbit are considered the luckiest. The Chinese believe that there is a Jade Rabbit on the moon, next to which is a laurel tree and the elixir of immortality, and a beautiful fairy called Chang'e, who ascended to the heavens because she stole her husband's elixir of immortality.

The rabbit is also a symbol of kindness, good manners, amiability, and love of beauty, which is why the rabbit is widely loved by the Chinese people, who cut or draw its image out of paper and put it on their windows.

This set of stamps **** 1 stamp. In designing this theme full of colors of Chinese folk culture, the designer has adopted the traditional Chinese folk arts and crafts, especially drawing on some of the techniques of paper-cutting and clay toys on the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi Province. The base color of the design is white, which makes it look pure. The rabbit drawn by the designer is not black, but a gradually lighter gray color is applied to highlight the soft white body of the rabbit in addition to the simple outline. The designer draws on the expression of paper-cutting as a decorative factor, with magenta and magenta green to enhance the sense of freshness.