Stamps with Designs of Buddhist Temple IssuedThe State Post Bureau on Friday issued a set of four special stamps bearing illustrations of the Ta'er Monastery, a Buddhist Temple in Qinghai Province in northwest China.Three of the stamps have a face value of 0.8 yuan (about US$0.09) each, and one 2.8 yuan (US$0.33). Each of the stamps carries a design of a main building of the temple. Located in Huangzhong County, the monastery was built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It is one of the largest monasteries of the Yellow Sect of Buddhism, and is said to be the birthplace of Zongkaba (1357-1419), the founder of the Yellow Sect. The monastery consists of many halls, shrines for chanting sutras, Buddhist pagodas and monks residences -- a complex of ancient buildings which combine both Han and Tibetan architectural styles. |
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