Painting and calligraphy on the fan is a genre of Chinese art that the Chinese populace, especially intellectuals, cherish. The FDC was issued on Jan 13th, 2016 featuring painting and calligraphy by Wen Zhengming, a famous artist in the Ming Dynasty. The fan is a prized exhibit of the National Museum of History, where the FDCs in the picture were sent. Both a paper and bamboo chip version were issued (mine is a paper version), which are the materials to make a fan. The additional five sets of fan painting and calligraphy stamps were issued in Taiwan during 1970s.
This set was purchased from another collector and remains as one of my favorites. The way that relevant stamps are added to the new issued FDC is called Jia Tie (). I am not sure whether this concept is popular in other countries but in China, it is becoming an area where collectors can maximize their knowledge, creation, and imagination, while minizine their pocket during the process. Well, some of them are too wealthy to care :)
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