久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Culture
Home / Culture / Cultural Exchange

Australia Post greets Year of the Tiger with stamp of approval

Xinhua | Updated: 2022-01-24 09:18
Share
Share - WeChat
A new set of stamps and coins to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Tiger at a post office in Sydney. BAI XUEFEI/XINHUA

Australia Post has issued a new set of stamps and coins, featuring playful images of tigers, to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Tiger.

The stamps, designed by award-winning artist and illustrator Chrissy Lau, are a testament to the adage that a picture is worth a thousand words.

The Year of the Tiger will start on Feb 1 this year.

For the second consecutive year, Lau, who is of Chinese heritage but grew up in northern England, has been commissioned by Australia Post to design the annual Chinese New Year stamps.

"The tigers are very active, courageous, persistent, (and) quite stubborn... I also look at the wider celebration of the Lunar New Year, and all the symbolism that comes with Chinese and Asian culture," Lau says.

The images of tigers resemble the "lucky cat" figurines that are commonly seen in Chinese and Japanese restaurants and Asian grocery stores in Australia.

A set of coins to mark the Year of the Tiger, which will start on Feb 1. BAI XUEFEI/XINHUA

Lau, who weaved in images full of symbolism in Asian culture, says that she wanted the vibrant images to "evoke nostalgia and a sense of multiculturalism".

To that end, the tigers on the three stamps are holding in their upraised paws an array of traditional festive objects such as plum blossoms, firecrackers, lucky endless knots and a string of mandarins.

"There are quite playful elements in the design, but if you know about Asian culture, you'll understand there are deeper meanings," Lau says.

The plum blossom, for example, can survive harsh coldness so it has come to represent perseverance throughout harsh times.

Ultimately, Lau hopes the eye-catching designs can inspire people to seek out the meaning behind the Asian iconography, such as the firecrackers, which ward off evil spirits.

"If people see these designs, they don't need to be Asian or Chinese to understand them, they just need to enjoy a nice picture and then they can find out more about the meaning," she says.

"I hope the stamps give people a sense of fun and make them smile," she says.

Tiger is the third zodiac sign in the Chinese zodiac cycle. The Chinese zodiac cycle contains 12 animals that record years and reflect people's attributes: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.

Most Popular
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 99热久久国产精品免费观看 | 国产大乳喷奶水在线看 | 亚洲国产成人久久笫一页 | 久久狠狠色狠狠色综合 | 亚洲黄视频在线观看 | 亚洲欧美精品中字久久99 | 亚洲精品成人网久久久久久 | 免费一级毛片在线播放不收费 | 中文字幕一区中文亚洲 | 青青草国产一区二区三区 | 玖草在线观看 | 色琪琪一本到影院 | 绝对真实偷拍盗摄高清在线视频 | 国产成人精品一区二区 | 国产一级毛片午夜 | 成年午夜一级毛片视频 | 欧美一区欧美二区 | 视频国产91 | a级免费网站 | 草草日 | 国产毛片久久精品 | 午夜宅男在线永远免费观看网 | 自拍小视频在线观看 | a级毛片免费在线观看 | 国产精品李雅在线观看 | 亚洲视频日韩视频 | 偷偷操不一样的久久 | 国产成人免费影片在线观看 | 怡红院成人在线 | 国产午夜小视频 | 九九视频精品在线 | 国产三级黄色 | 99九九成人免费视频精品 | 欧美成人性做爰网站免费 | 手机看片免费基地 | 日韩欧美色综合 | 精品久久在线观看 | 欧美一级成人毛片影院 | 韩国免费网站成人 | 国产91精品在线 | 国产精品亚洲精品日韩已方 |