Scott Number: -
Serial number: 2010-7
Values in set: 6
Denomination: 930 fen
Date of issue: March 20, 2010
Size of stamp: 60 * 30 mm
Perforation: 13.5
Sheet composition: 12 (2 sets)
Size of sheet: 230 * 146 mm
Designer of stamp: Hao Xudong
Editor in Charge: Wang Jing
Printing process: photogravure
Printer: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House

On March 20, 2010, the special stamp "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" (catalog number 2010-7) was officially issued, commemorating the 660th anniversary of the painting's creation. The set consists of six stamps with face values of 1.20 yuan, 1.20 yuan, 1.20 yuan, 1.20 yuan, 1.50 yuan, and 3.00 yuan respectively, for a total face value of 9.30 yuan. The stamps were designed by Hao Xudong and printed by Beijing Stamp Printing Works using the photogravure process.

Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains is a landscape handscroll by the Yuan Dynasty painter Huang Gongwang, ranking among the ten great Chinese paintings, and is often praised as the "Lanting of painting." The scroll depicts the autumn landscape along the Fuchun River, with sparse and elegant brushwork, representing the highest achievement of Yuan Dynasty literati landscape painting. The original painting was burned and split into two sections: the Shengshan Tu (Remaining Mountain) section is housed in the Zhejiang Museum, while the Wuyongshi Juan (Wuyongshi Scroll) is in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. This stamp set faithfully reproduces the complete painting, bringing the separated parts together for the first time on a stamp, showcasing the traditional art of landscape painting while also symbolizing the cultural ties across the Taiwan Strait.

Stamp Designs and Historical Background:

Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (Detail)

Image: The opening section, featuring the main mountains of the Shengshan Tu, with gentle slopes, trees, and shallow sandbars.
History: This section is the core of the surviving Shengshan Tu, with soft, rolling hills marking the beginning of the scroll.
Significance: The opening of the painting, initiating the Fuchun River landscape scroll.

Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (Detail)

Image: The inscription and the near bank with trees, with an open and distant river view.
History: This section includes Huang Gongwang's own inscription, providing important historical evidence for the study of the painting.
Significance: A transitional section combining landscape and documentary value.

Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (Detail)

Image: The central group of peaks, with undulating mountains, valleys, and scattered trees.
History: Utilizing techniques of long and short linen-texture strokes, with interwoven dry and wet ink, capturing the texture of Jiangnan rocks.
Significance: The visual center of the scroll, with the most majestic landscape.

Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (Detail)

Image: Cliff faces by the river, with a solitary pine and a faint fishing boat.
History: The fishing boat echoes the fishing life on the Fuchun River, conveying a sense of leisure and reclusion.
Significance: Reflects the literati sentiment of expressing emotions through landscape and a tranquil, natural state.

Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (Detail)

Image: Gentle tidal flats, distant trees, and misty mountains, creating a spacious and ethereal atmosphere.
History: The ink gradually lightens, transitioning from realistic scenes to distant views, expanding the spatial depth.
Significance: Creates a sense of distant landscape, blending reality and emptiness.

Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (Detail)

Image: The final section features a tall solitary peak, surrounded by mist and sparse trees.
History: The concluding peak of the scroll, bringing together the entire mountain range, leaving a lasting impression.
Significance: The ending of the scroll, providing a complete conclusion to the landscape narrative.

Artistic and Design Features:

Format: Horizontal long strip format, with six stamps printed continuously, allowing viewers to reassemble the complete scroll, an ingenious design concept.
Visual Reproduction: Minimal decoration, faithfully reproducing the light beige background of the ancient scroll and preserving the ink variations.
Narrative Logic: Strictly follows the original order of the scroll, accurately presenting the viewing sequence.
Cultural Significance: The stamp format enables the reunification of the separated painting, giving the stamps a significance beyond art appreciation, promoting cultural exchange across the Taiwan Strait.

This stamp set is a highly influential issue featuring a renowned ancient painting. It covers themes of Yuan Dynasty landscape painting, intangible cultural heritage, and cross-strait cultural exchange. The unique six-stamp continuous format is highly recognizable and has attracted wide public attention. Suitable for thematic collections on ancient painting and calligraphy, landscape painting, and cultural heritage, it is a popular core item in the ancient painting series.