FREE: Chinese Postcard: Glazed Pagoda of Many Treasures, Summer Palace, Beijing + U.S. Carousel Stamp

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Attention, scrapbookers, stamp and postcard hobbyists! No. 3 of 6 postcards mailed from Reno, Nev., in 1996. This card's photographic illustration is of the Glazed Pagoda of Many Treasures at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. The pagoda has 8 sides and is 7 stories tall. In all the small windows at the sides, are engraved Buddhas. From the top are hung bronze bells, which produce a nice and melodious song in the wind. In front of the pagoda stands a tablet. On this is engraved "Ode to the Imperial Built Pagoda of Many Treasures of Longevity Hill" in Chinese, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan. The archway is built with bricks and stones and decorated with colorful glazed tiles. The text of the Buddhist hymn, “The realm of popular fragrance, the forests of god; the seas of wisdom and the auspicious clouds” is inscribed on both sides of this archway as well as on the two lintels on both sides of the temple, suggesting this place resembles the Holy Land of the Buddha.

Each of the six postcards I'm listing also features one of the four carousel horses U.S. postage stamps released in 1995 as part of a series on Folk Art.

You probably will never have the opportunity to purchase these beautiful cards again!