Kun's Postcrossing: UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China

Monday, July 13, 2015

World Heritage Sites in China (10) - Longmen Grottoes

Last week, I took a trip to Luoyang city which is located in Henan province of central China. The city is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China and it is noted for the Longmen Grottoes, a World Cultural Heritage site (2010, UNESCO).

The Big Vairocana and other massive Buddhist sculptures in the main grotto.

I bought a book "One hundred questions about the Longmen Grottoes" . A lot of things to learn, to know more about it ... The ticket is actually a pre-paid postcard (with domestic postage only ), some posting boxes are available inside the site so you can just write an address to share with your friend.

A small post office is found outside the site, located in the business street near the ticker office. Some nice postcards are available, about the grottoes also the city of Luoyang.

Sunday, January 12, 2014

World Heritage Sites in China (9) - Walk through "Historic Centre of Macau"

Few days ago, I visited the small city of Macau and walked through its historical center which has been a World Heritage Site designate by UNESCO. The historical center includes 22 monuments and 8 squares and I spent a whole day walking through one to another, from A-Ma Temple to Guia Fortress(and the lighthouse). Of course, it was only a glance trip without enjoying any detail especially the history behind them.

This is a letter box on the hillside to Guia Fortress, I posted some postcards here. :)

Ruins of St.Paul's is the landmark of Macau.

I bought some postcards, among which I like very much "Macau World Heritage Collection" (you will see them below) and "Eat around Macau".

The most interesting thing is taking some similar photos before each monument. :) I am posting few here, those photos were taken at Dom Pedro V Theater, Mandarin's House, Lilau Square and St.Anthony's Church respectively.

There are so many indicators in the crossroads to show you where is the next heritage site so you can walk without a map easily. Also there is an introduction board on the front side on each monument/square.

Now I am going to share with you the whole set of postcards shows most sites of the historical center also some other related cards. Many of them have a special cachet on the backsides. The cachets are only available in each site (except the squares), unfortunately in some places the cachets are broken.

1. A-Ma Temple