China issues special stamps featuring Palace Museum

China Post issued a set of stamps(邮票 yóupiào) featuring the Palace Museum(故宫 Gùgōng) on Saturday, with a total face value(总面值 zǒng miànzhí) of 11.40 yuan (about 1.62 U.S. dollars).

The newly issued set consists of four stamps bearing architectural features in the Palace Museum, including the Inner Golden Water Bridge(金水桥) and the Hall of Central Harmony(中和殿), as well as a miniature sheet showcasing a sketch-map(平面图 píngmiàntú) of the Palace Museum, which is the first time the sketch-map presented on a stamp.

A set of stamps featuring the Palace Museum is seen in the photo taken on July 11, 2020, in Xinle, north China's Hebei province. [Photo: VCG]

A series of cultural activities will be held to promote traditional Chinese culture in 2020, as the Forbidden City, former imperial compound, marks its 600th anniversary. This year also marks the 95th anniversary of the establishment of the Palace Museum.

Stamp vocabulary 邮票相关词汇：

[yóupiào]邮票 stamp

[yóuchuō]邮戳 postmark

[xìnfēng]信封 envelope

[yóudì]邮递 deliver

[yóufèi]邮费 post charges

[yóubiān]邮编 post code

[yóuchāi]邮差 post man

[yóujú]邮局 post office

[yóucè]邮册 album

[yóuxiāng]邮箱 post box

[miànzhí]面值 face value

[shǒurìfēng]首日封 first day cover

[jíyóu]集邮 philately

[jìniàn bǎn]纪念版 commemoratives