MO - 78736 From Macau

Received this precious Exposicao Mundial de Filatelia Especializada, Macau 2026.

Thanks so much Paulo!

Inside The Yellow Earth, China Losses Plateau

In China, the Yellow Earth usually refers to the loess plateau in the country's northern part. The plateau is acknowledged as the birthplace of the Chinese nationality. The Tomb of Emperor Huang, Said to be the ancestor of the Chinese people, still locates on the northern Shaanxi province. The name of the Yellow River is also originated from the Yellow Earth. Accordingly, the Yellow Earth is considered by many the synonym of China.

Geographically, the loess plateau is situated in the central part of North China with an area of thou sands of square kilometers and its altitude averaging 800 till 1,200 meters above the sea level. The place is one of China's driest regions partially owing to the overcultivation and soil eresión. For the past centuries, people in the region developed a special cave dwelling, or Yao Dong. They dig vertically at the sunny slope of the hills till they finally finish an arch - roofed cave.
The poor transport means and inaccessibility to information solidifies the evolution of productive methods and people's lifestyles. Farmers in the region still cultivate lands with manual powers and the harvest relies heavily on unpredictable climate. The most grandeur sacrificial ritual in the plateau is the rain - praying ceremony. Every year before the spring plantation, farmers throng atop hills to offer sacrifices for the Dragon King, the legendary rain god, for favorable climate and bumper harvest in the coming year.

The most cheerful occasion for the poor peasants there, as in other parts of China, is the Spring Festi-val. Every Spring Festival, every household would ardently decorate its home and put exquisite paper— cuttings on windows. Farmers in colorful or grotesque costumes organize their own parades to neighboring villages for exchanging new year greetings. The carnival forms a sharp contrast with the stable, lonely and hardship routine life in the Yellow Earth in most of the year. The Chinese history seems solidify in the region for the lifestyle remains unchanged for several thousands of years in the plateau.

The reform and opening — up drive in recent years also shed light on the lives of the people in the plateau. Part of the families, though still live in the caves, now have radios or TVs. The outside world is not totally alien for them. However, most of them still confine themselves in the Yellow Earth. Inside the plateau, besides the countless untold have been told. stories about an ancient civilization, some new tales about new lives..
徐勇 Xu Yong 1996年7月

A Precious gem of " Inside the Yellow Earth " Postcards by Xu Yong. i will be forever grateful to have this postcards set in my collection.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a multi-island state in the Eastern Caribbean. The islands have a combined land area of 389 km2, and the largest of them, Saint Vincent has an area of 344 km2. The Grenadines consist of seven islands and 23 uninhabited cays and islets.
The name Saint Vincent originally applied to the mainland and the group of smaller islands associated with it. After the attainment of independence in 1979 the multi-island state was renamed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. .

i wouldn't be able to get this super rare postcard if not because the kindness of a Postcard friend called Tom :) thank you so much Tom.

to give you an idea of where it located, here's a map from wikipedia.

i'm a serious collector of Orangutan Postcards.. :)

i have been collecting OU postcards since 2008 and my collections keeps growing so immensely.. :) thanks to everyone who sent me Orangutan postcards! image here shown some of them, lots more not in this photo. If you have any and wanna give me a surprise, my address is:

CAROL
P.O.Box 304
89908 Tenom
Sabah Malaysia.

i welcome any postcards from all around the world, just surprise me! write your address on the card and i will surely send you back. thank you :)