Yellow Crane Tower
Two postcards, each with a view of Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼), and an ancient poem.
Category: China
Subway Shanghai
So much fine print, and in Chinese! I’m not sure that this postcard/map is of a large enough scale to be useful, since I can’t even make out the characters without my glasses.
A Loving Companion
I hate to admit it, but the first thought that popped into my head upon seeing this image of a...
Ruins of Gu-ge Kingdom, Ngari, Tibet
The Gu-ge (or Guge) Kingdom was founded in the 9th Century, one of many feudal kingdoms in western Tibet. Situated...
Rock / Stone Buddha Temple
Vicky sent me this amazing postcard from Hong Kong. Unfortunately, the postcard is completely in Chinese and Vicky’s message (at...
Hatamen Cigarettes
The Missive Maven’s postcard of a Shanghai beauty hawking Hatamen cigarettes put me in mind that I have some similar...
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