Stamps portraying a happy family of water buffalos have recently been released to celebrate the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year). (Photo www.vnpost.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - A collection of stamps featuring folk paintings ofVietnamese buffaloes has been released by the Ministry of Information andCommunications in celebration of the coming Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
As the coming lunar year is the Year of the Buffalo, which begins on February12, 2021, the paintings of the buffaloes that symbolise industriousness andpatience have been chosen to be featured in the stamp collection, with a desireto bring happiness, reunion, luck and fortune to all people and families.
The first stamp design describes the image of a red buffalo carrying fruitbaskets on his back and dong leaves that are used to wrap sticky-rice squarecake with a cheerful face flying over a flower field.
The second design conveys the image of a mother buffalo looking at her kid witheyes full of love. Both of them are wearing yellow ochna flower dresses. Whilethe mother buffalo is carrying Tet fruits on her back, her son is running alongwith a joyful expression to welcome spring.
The stamp block consists of four stamps with two designs used twice andarranged symmetrically in a square. They portray peach and ochna blossoms andtrays of five fruits offered to ancestors with best wishes for a year ofwealth, happiness, reunion and prosperity to all families. Particularly, thetail of the father buffalo in the first design and the mother buffalo in thesecond shape a symbolic heart for forever happiness.
Designed by artist Nguyen Quang Vinh, the stamp set is available on the publicpostal network from December 12 to June 30, 2022.
Tet (Lunar New Year) is the largest and most important traditional festival ofVietnamese people./.
As the coming lunar year is the Year of the Buffalo, which begins on February12, 2021, the paintings of the buffaloes that symbolise industriousness andpatience have been chosen to be featured in the stamp collection, with a desireto bring happiness, reunion, luck and fortune to all people and families.
The first stamp design describes the image of a red buffalo carrying fruitbaskets on his back and dong leaves that are used to wrap sticky-rice squarecake with a cheerful face flying over a flower field.
The second design conveys the image of a mother buffalo looking at her kid witheyes full of love. Both of them are wearing yellow ochna flower dresses. Whilethe mother buffalo is carrying Tet fruits on her back, her son is running alongwith a joyful expression to welcome spring.
The stamp block consists of four stamps with two designs used twice andarranged symmetrically in a square. They portray peach and ochna blossoms andtrays of five fruits offered to ancestors with best wishes for a year ofwealth, happiness, reunion and prosperity to all families. Particularly, thetail of the father buffalo in the first design and the mother buffalo in thesecond shape a symbolic heart for forever happiness.
Designed by artist Nguyen Quang Vinh, the stamp set is available on the publicpostal network from December 12 to June 30, 2022.
Tet (Lunar New Year) is the largest and most important traditional festival ofVietnamese people./.
VNA
