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2014 is the year of the Chinese lunar calendar, that is, the Year of the Horse. In January 5, 2014, China Post issued a special stamp "The Year of the nail", a full set of 1. The pattern is except the front and right legs bow, the other three legs standing, screaming, prepare a horse in the saddle of the ancient war. This is the 11th sets of the third round of Chinese zodiac stamps issued by China. The first two rounds of Zodiac stamps are the special stamps of the lunar calendar year January 5, 1990 and the lunar calendar year January 5, 2002.

Since ancient times, Ma has been a loyal partner of mankind. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, among the many stamps issued by China, there were more than 80 sets of horses and more than 120 pieces in the patterns, which were second to none among the 12 Chinese zodiac animals. Among them, more than five group horses in the pattern have more than 20.

The most popular mounts in stamps in China are war horses, for example, two series of special stamps, the famous Chinese classical literature classics "Water Margin" and the famous Chinese classical literature classics "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", were released from 1987 to 1998, 72 war horses appeared in 19 out of 40 stamps and 6 small sheets.

As a friend of mankind, Ma has become the source and object of creation by artists of all ages. This is fully reflected in the stamps of cultural relics and works of fine arts in China. For example, the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth special stamps of "Tang sancai" in November 10, 1961, and the four stamps with the pattern of "San Cai Tao ma"; the special stamps of "Shen Jun tu" in December 3, 2006, the pattern is the horse on the painting; the Special Stamp "zhaoling liujun" in October 28, 2001, a full set of 6 patterns for relief stone horse.

It is worth mentioning that Mr. Xu Beihong, a famous modern painter in China, has devoted his life to Horse painting and has created a large number of ancient works on horse themes. In May 5, 1978, the special stamp "benma", a full set of 10 pieces and a small sheet, the pattern is the masterpiece of Mr. Xu Beihong. The horse is different and vivid. In 1980, he was named the best stamp of the 30 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

This year, the special stamp "The Year of the afternoon" was issued by Chen Shaohua, a famous Shenzhen designer. The "horse" on the stamp is a well-proportioned and well-formed white horse. The designer has continued some of the design styles of the "Rabbit Year", "Dragon Year", and "Snake Year" Zodiac stamps, the use of realistic techniques expresses the good wishes of people for a prosperous new year. There are two bats painted on the saddle, meaning "happiness right away ". At the same time, in the dynamic design of the horse, the author deliberately avoided the conventional style and impetuousness of the horse and the horse, and created a simple and elegant style.

In his blog, Chen Shaohua said: "In the Zodiac, if you choose the United States as the standard, it is not a horse, but the beauty of the Horse lies in its overall form, as a result, the image does not use the traditional local exaggerated techniques, such as focusing on the performance of the head and face, but on the performance of a harmonious, well-balanced ratio and strong posture, steel chimney installation of a revolving ladder, http://www.66gk?com/product-211.html ;." He also said: "The reason for being a white horse is that the white horse belongs to the king, and is brave and holy, and then decorated with satin, yellow, and red saddle carrying bat, it indicates the auspicious Year of MA xiangfu Lin and JiaWu." (Yang)

 

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