The Five Great Mountains

Each of the Five Great Mountains has its own set of special stamps – Tai (1988), Hua (1989), Heng in Hunan (1990), Heng in Shanxi (1991) and Song (1995), four stamps each – and in 2019 a set of Paintings of the Five Great Mountains gave one stamp to each.

Mount Tai

T130 · 1988 · 4 stamps

岱庙晴雪 — (1) Clear Snow at the Dai Temple

盘道通天 — (2) Path Leading to Heaven

大观雄峰 — (3) Daguan Peak

云海日出 — (4) Sunrise over the Sea of Clouds

Mount Hua

T140 · 1989 · 4 stamps

西岳五峰 — (1) 西岳五峰

远眺华山 — (2) 远眺华山

千尺幢 — (3) 千尺幢

苍龙岭 — (4) 苍龙岭

Mount Heng (Southern Sacred Mountain)

T155 · 1990 · 4 stamps

大庙巍峨 — (1) Majestic Great Temple

南岳如飞 — (2) Flying Nanyue

衡山独秀 — (3) Unique Beauty of Hengshan

祝融雄峰 — (4) Mighty Zhurong Peak

Mount Heng (Northern Sacred Mountain)

T163 · 1991 · 4 stamps

悬空古寺 — (1) Ancient Hanging Temple

恒山雪霁 — (2) Clearing after Snow on Hengshan

北岳恒宗 — (3) Hengzong, the Northern Sacred Mountain

云中胜迹 — (4) Scenic Relics of Yunzhong

Mount Song

1995-23 · 1995 · 4 stamps

中岳古庙 — (1) Ancient Temple of the Central Sacred Mountain

嵩门待月 — (2) Awaiting the Moon at Songmen

少林晴雪 — (3) Clear Snow at Shaolin

嵩山如卧 — (4) Reclining Mount Song

Five Sacred Mountains

2019-16 · 2019 · 5 stamps

日观晴曦 — (1) Clear Dawn at Sun-Viewing Peak

太华清秋 — (2) Clear Autumn on Mount Hua

融峰雨色 — (3) Rain at Zhurong Peak

恒塞积雪 — (4) Snow on the Heng Frontier

二室争奇 — (5) Rival Wonders of Taishi and Shaoshi

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