FREE: Chinese Postcard: Zhuanlun Zang/ Revolving Archives Postcard Summer Palace, Beijing + Carousel Stamp

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1 of 6 vintage postcards mailed from Reno, Nev., in 1996. I will be listing all 6 for a fabulous addition to any postcard collection. Or for a grand scrapbook project! This card's photographic illustration is of Zhuanlun Zang, built during the reign of Emperor Qianlong. Buildings here includes a main hall, an auxiliary pavilion and a stele inscribed with Emperor Qianlong’s essay on Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake. This is where the emperors and empresses stored their Buddhist scriptures and sculptures. It is also where they would go to recite scriptures and to pray. The auxiliary pavilion has two floors through which a four-storey, colored wooden tower stood. Inside this tower were scriptures and Buddhist statuettes. The tower could be turned to symbolize the cyclic chanting of scriptures.
Each of the six postcards I'm listing also features one of the four carousel horses U.S. postage stamp released in 1995 as part of a series on Folk Art.