Here are some postcards from China with significant Oriental illustrations
From Wespe. This pretty card came as my 23rd birthday card!!!!!!!!!!! XD Wespe was one of the earliest Postcrossers who were thoughtful enough to surprise me with birthday wishes.. I was so lucky!
From Mcdh. This postcard was issued by the State Postal Bureau of PR China, and this card shows a set of traditional dress for the Chinese New Year.
From Moderntime. This is a lovely art, isn’t it? Sorry for this blur scanned image, though. This card came from a set of postcards The Twelve Ladies of Jinling City and apparently this lovely lady named Shi Xiangyun arrived in my hands to be part of my collection! She was a daughter of Shi’s, a big family, who lost her parents during her childhood and grew up by her uncle’s support. She loved poetry so much that she was called a ‘mad poetry lover’. A tragic ending came after her marriage and it was pictured like “the clouds lifted over Gaotang Temple, and the water dried up in the Xiang River.” Hmm… deep.
From Moderntime. I guess this is the only postcard I received came with stamps put at the picture side of postcard!! Awesome!! How can I put this, now it makes the card more vintage (you see, I have come across many vintage postcards having a stamp on the picture side) and also maxi postcards. Anyway, this is from Hong Kong comic Sweet and Gentle dates back in 1970.
From Mcdh. Another postcard issued by the Chinese State Postal Bureau, this illustration with a kid playing kites during springtime.
From Jessica. This colorful card is entitled “Peacock spread the wings”…
