Showing posts with label Taiwan / 臺灣. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taiwan / 臺灣. Show all posts

Friday, 20 May 2011

TW-300000 / 臺灣三十萬!


TW-300000
Originally uploaded by Dodd Lu
From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 7 to 17 May, 2011
Sender: Dodd
To: Agnieszka Ujma, Warsaw, Poland

寄自:臺灣臺北市
日期:2011年5月7日至17日
寄者:Dodd
收件人:波蘭華沙阿格尼斯卡.威瑪

Taiwan reached 300 thousandth of the Postcrossing ID, and I was the lucky guy to get it. In fact, I did not think to join the number fight until I accumulated 5 send-postcard quota about one week ago because I was too busy to write any postcard. When the number was close, I got  9 of quota. I thought I must be the one to get this milestone.

Saturday afternoon, many Taiwanese postcrossers stared at their computer screen. Some people joined plurk discussion and another few people talked on facebook club. When I saw someone reported TW-29997X, I thought it was time to draw.

It was so much fun to draw so many postcrossing ID and address at one time. I checked out the 300000th one first. She liked architecture and the sender's hometown.

I rarely sent the skyscraper Taipei 101 for postcrossing because it was not a common view in Taiwan. But to match this milestone, I thought Taipei 101 is a good choice for the receiver's interests. It was the modern representative of my lovely Taipei. Do you think I made a good choice?

國際明信片交換(Postcrossing)的臺灣三十萬號在五月上旬抽出,十天後順利寄到。原本我跟特別號就沒啥緣份,而且幾次為了留額度抽特別號還讓自己步調變慢,所66666號後,我就決定不跟了。只是這次剛好發懶,一週前開始累積了五個額度,到了要到號時,居然有九個額度,那我絕對是勢在必得了。

星期六下午,大家聽聞快要到號的消息,紛紛在電腦前等著抽號。有人在噗浪上,有人在臉書上即時報號。快到的前五十號,稍微卡了大概二十分鐘,接著有人報了七十幾號,我就覺得可以出動了。刷的一口氣抽了下去,果然毫無失手,三十萬前後七個都到手了。

一口氣抽一堆實在很過癮,不過後續寫片可辛苦了,好在週六抽出還有週日可以慢慢消化。我先把挑三十萬號出來檢查。是位波蘭女生,喜歡建築,也接受寄件人的家鄉風光,所以我挑了臺北一零一。

我很少寄臺北一零一的明信片,摩天大樓並不是臺灣的都市基調,不過要搭配這個三十萬號的里程碑,還有對方的興趣,「驚豔101次的臺北天空」倒是個不錯的選擇。或許臺北一零一對外縣市的朋友沒什麼意義,不過這就是我的故鄉臺北城,也是我為三十萬號精選的明信片。

每個人心中都有適合特別號的片子,下次如果你抽到特別號,你要選什麼來配呢?

Friday, 11 March 2011

Shortest Travel Time of Postcrossing Postcard /
友情登錄,最速寄達


TW-271065
Originally uploaded by Dodd Lu
From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 11 March , 2011
Sender: Dodd
To: Wei-Siang Jhan, New Taipei

寄自:臺灣臺北市
日期:2011年3月11日
寄者:Dodd
收件人:新北市詹WS

This postcard was registered on the same day I sent it.

It usually taked two or three days to send a postcard to another Taiwanese postcrosser in Taiwan. So if I got the address on Thursday or Friday, it would take two days longer and reach after the weekend. So when I got this address, I was not quite happy. However, I laughed out after checking the receiver's name.

He was the younger classmates in my university club, Penpal and Philately Association (PAPA). I sent him a message on Facebook then he registered it earlier than I went out to mail it.


這幾天到片很順暢,一連到了三四張明信片,累積到今天下午才有空來抽。以這樣的額度,我想應該會抽中臺灣的同胞,果然第一張就是。一般臺灣島內郵遞,大約是隔天到過兩天可到,不過近期明信片似乎常常多一天,因此星期四或五抽到臺灣人,幾乎就註定要多兩天週末時間才會到了。因為少了趕截郵的壓力,加上可以寫中文比較輕鬆,所以就先擱著繼續往後抽。

等所有的額度都抽完了,一一檢視抽到的人。哈!這位臺灣人是集郵筆友社的學弟哩!我到臉書寫了個短訊給它,才剛傳好圖片,他就登錄了。創下了Postcrossing的0天記錄。(雖然是投機的方式得到的記錄。)

詹學弟最近看來很沈迷於攝影,還經營個攝影部落格,所以我挑了這張2008年臺博百週年攝影比賽的金獎給他。有時候比賽金獎不在於圖像記錄,還有一些是情感和美感成份,因此這張雖美但傳達較少「博物館」意象,我不太知道該如何對外國人解說。所以金牌獎還是留給在玩攝影的台灣人啦。有空多去逛逛博物館呀,學弟!


我寄完信回頭寫這篇時,才發現前一篇學弟有留言,更想收原圖卡。我還說被我抽到再寄一張給他。Orz真是挑錯片了。真抱歉。

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Traditional Chinese Stationery / 觀:文房四寶

彩漆雲龍筆
“Colored Cloud Dragon” Writing Brushes
↑ 明 嘉靖 彩漆雲龍筆
Colored Cloud Dragon Writing Brushes
Imperial Dragon Fragrance Ink Stick
明 隆慶 龍香御墨 →
龍香御墨
“Imperial Dragon Fragrance” Ink Stick

The postcards I sent are all written by hand. Thus, handwriting in postcard exchange is important. When we talk about writing, we can not miss out stationery. We now write with a pen or a ball-pen. However, Chinese has special traditional stationery, brush, ink, paper, and inkstone,  which we call four treasures of the study.

I went to a stamp dealer shop last September and found a set of maximum cards which I like very much, National Palace Museum postcards of traditional Chinese Stationery. They were issued by the post office in 2000.

While we could not have the treasure in the museum, we could have the same treasure in a stamp dealer's shop. Although my stationery is not very high class, those nice stationery was not used and was kept for ages. No one uses them.

青瓷蟾蜍硯
“Celadon Toad Inkstione”← 宋 哥窯 青瓷蟾蜍硯
Celadon Toad Inkstione
Clear Heart House Calligraphy Paper
宋 蔡襄 澄心堂紙 ↓
“Clear Heart House” Paper
澄心堂紙

每一張我寄出去的明信片,都是用心書寫的成果(畢竟很可能是一趟旅程給朋友唯一的土產紀念品)。因此書寫在明信片交換中扮演了非常重要的角色。我自認字寫得並不漂亮(倒是被形容為「秀氣」幾次),不過寫多了還是會在文具上找點花樣,像是用 玻璃筆,或是找復古的玉兔黃桿原子筆等(我還沒到假文青那樣愛用鉛筆)。然後我也把「文具」這個選項加進我的收件清單,期待有人寄文具明信片給我。

2010年夏末,我在牯嶺街的郵幣社翻到一包原圖卡,裡面有三張國立故宮博物院明信片,主題分別是筆、墨、紙,顯然少了一張。所以老闆很隨興的讓我開個價,讓我輕鬆決定帶它們回家。年底我又去了一趟郵幣社,沒想到翻到了「硯臺」,隨即再講個價,湊齊一套。頭一次得到筆墨紙後,只把墨碇寄給一位想要「博物館收藏」的朋友,沒想到買齊全套後,陸陸續續抽到有在蒐集筆與想收原圖卡的朋友,三張分別在一週內就統統寄出去了。

這套明信片是郵局發行的預銷首日原圖卡,因此很容易就找到發行的資料了,明信片上也有很清楚的物件名稱,四件兩兩一組分別是宋、明兩代,正是中國文藝氣質最為濃郁的年代。我或許一輩子都用不到這樣雅緻的文具,不過這套文房四寶集成最終也沒人用掉。我也沒有古人的文采足以寫出什麼留名千古的文章,不過發一篇網誌傳遞這些文化瑰寶,倒還是個舉手之勞。(也不曉得網路伺服器上的資訊可以留存多久,每每欣賞傳世古物都會對現代科技有如此之感。)


Brush, Ink, Paper, Inkstone. 筆墨紙硯依序寄往以下地點:

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 4 to 11 January , 2011
Sender: Dodd
To: Örn in Reykjavík, Iceland
寄自:臺灣臺北
日期:2011年1月4日至11日
寄者:Dodd
收件人:冰島雷克雅維克的歐恩
From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 22 to 30 September , 2010
Sender: Dodd
To: Ariana in Kesklinn, Estonia
寄自:臺灣臺北
日期:2010年9月22日至30日
寄者:Dodd
收件人:愛沙尼亞塔林的安麗阿娜
From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 4 to 11 January, 2011
Sender: Dodd
To: Chengqing in Fuzhou, China
寄自:臺灣臺北
日期:2011年1月4日至11日
寄者:Dodd
收件人:中國福州的王成慶
From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 5 to 10 January, 2011
Sender: Dodd
To: Yang in Taoyuan, Taiwan
寄自:臺灣臺北
日期:2011年1月5日至10日
寄者:Dodd
收件人:臺灣桃園縣桃園市的楊

Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Connection Between Two Postcards /
落花時節又逢君:尋故舊之景

Sometimes two pictures have no relationship between their images. However, the holder classifies them together just by a simple story.

I saw the left postcard, TW-159606, on Taiwan postcard wall in postcrossing and recognised that it is the Kuang-cheng pier, Chiang-chun South Fishing Port, Chiang-chun Village, Wang-an Township, Peng-hu County. How did I know the exact place it is by the receiver's simple caption 'Fishing port in Penghu County, Taiwan'?

Well, I spent half year working happily on the island and the right room of the building in the middle-top in the picture was my office. The island is some kind of my island. That was an unforgettable period of my life. So when I saw this postcard, I decided to get it, and collect it. I meant it.

I wrote to the Taiwanese sender to ask the source, went to the shop she bought it, and found the shop ended up the business. I wrote to the publishing company, but the clerk said she did not think it's their product. Finally, I asked the Czech receiver to give me the both side of the postcard. Then the company admitted that the card is their product.

I chose a postcard to send to the Czech mate to thank him on the day I got my postcard. He said he like lenticular 3D postcard and lighthouse in his profile. I just had the right one for him. I bought the right one on my trip to Tung-yin, just a couple of weeks before. It did not stay in my stock before it was sent out.

This is the story which connects the two postcards.

這兩張明信片,其實沒什麼關係。不過因為事情總是有些糾葛,就生出一些關係了。

左邊這張,地點是澎湖縣望安鄉將軍嶼將軍村將軍南漁港港嘴南側海堤光正碼頭往東看村內的景象。初看到這張是在Postcrossing的臺灣明信片牆上,TW-159606這張由臺北縣寄到捷克的片子。收件的捷克大叔不過簡單註明了「臺灣澎湖的小漁村」,怎我一口氣講出這樣準確的地名呢?

圖片中,上方的小白船再上方的那間房子,最右邊那間,是我工作過半年的辦公室。不少人在一生中,有一段數饅頭的日子(其實我過得不錯,大多都吃包子)。但吃饅頭的心境由人,有人是饅頭為主,怨懟為輔,而我是風土為主,美景為輔,饅頭要數完時,是若有所失的離開。或許是對平凡的日子有點不甘,又或是對純樸的漁村生活有嚮往,有了矛盾、糾葛,才會有這樣多的回味。所以當我看到這張明信片時,我決定非要得到它、蒐藏它。

我先寫個短訊給臺灣的寄件人,請問他是否還記得這張片子。他說:是在中正紀念堂購得,背面寫著天使美術館。我想:經銷處跟出品單位都有了,八成可以找到。沒想到一個月後我到中正紀念堂,才發現紀念品鋪租約到期,結束營業收攤了!

好在還有出品公司,先在網頁上查型錄。沒有!好,寫信問他們。沒想到回覆的人說:「抱歉,非本公司出品。」那麼不是寄件人記錯,就是美術館的人搞錯沒查到囉。於是只好寫封英文信跟捷克大叔說明一番,請他把反面影像也掃描給我,正反面一看果然就是天使美術館了。附上影像再寫封信去詢問,換來一些抱歉,還有歡迎我訂購。我再寫去詢問有沒有其他鋪貨點和美術館賣店的信,還沒得到回覆,我就衝到天使美術館了。

這張明信片為天使美術館寶島魅力套裝中的一張,全套21張售價新台幣貳佰元整。當天小鄧老師陪我一起去逛美術館,我慫恿他也買了一套,還硬要他把這張轉讓給我。我收到捷克大叔傳來反面影像時,已經查詢過攝影師。攝影師是梅志建先生,曾主編過臺北攝影年鑑,是位大師呀!美術館的員工聽到我追尋這張片子的經過,跟我透露梅老師正在隔壁工作,於是我就請他們拿了這張片子給老師簽個名,因此得到右下方'10.10.04的攝影師簽名。

右邊這張,是赴東引遊玩時購得,是一張3D立體明信片,是東引島上難得的非許釗滂先生作品,一張新台幣45元。東引燈塔是東引島上歷史最為悠久的建築,也是中華民國目前位置最北的國定古蹟。在東引島的十一天,我分別在清晨日出、早上、傍晚、夜間各去拜訪了一次,還在海上繞過下方兩次,印象深刻。45元的明信片所費不貲,平常是買不下手的。買下去後,不到最後關頭,應該也不會輕易動用。

幫我尋得明信片的捷克大叔,他說他喜歡3D立體樣式的明信片,主題則包含燈塔。沒想到一個月前就註定買好了這張謝卡。在買到左邊這張明信片後,馬上把感謝之情寫到右邊這張明信片寄給捷克大叔。

於是乎,這兩張明信片就有了故事串起來。

Tuesday, 7 September 2010

浪湧東方,信鎖北疆 /
A Snail Mail From Tung-yin (Dongyin)

原以為去東引島會是段很自在、輕鬆的旅程。因為民國九十一年搭配風景戳所出的臺閩地區風景明信片,全馬祖只有南竿「介壽亭」一個景點,東引島故不在我的集戳旅遊清單上。但經過郵友的提醒,才再在中華郵政的網頁上找到「東引島燈塔」風景戳,多了一點寫信、蓋章的功課。不過也好在冒出這些工作,不然平白多出的十一天旅程應該會有不少空白。

這是我第一次到九十一年後新增的風景戳景點,網頁上的資料顯示這枚戳置於馬祖郵局,無法確定到底東引郵局有沒有。加上郵局沒再銷售搭配明信片,得自己另外尋找,所以並沒有非常想要蒐集。 結果在六月份採買的離島明信片中,馬祖套裝中就這麼恰好只有一張東引燈塔。(右圖,下方為東引景點:海現龍闕)→

到東引的日子是八月二十七日(星期五),雖然原本計畫至少待過週一,但是幻想著旅程第一天把明信片寄出去,可以在回家前就跟親友們炫耀完,下午就衝了一下郵局。果然,東引郵局確實有東引風景戳。馬上再衝到土產店(亨裕超市)找其他明信片,有許先生的另一套寬幅片,八張一套售價150元。(難怪當初沒下手,圖請見最下方兩張,點圖可放大。)我買了兩套,一套寄給片友*,另一套帶回臺北玩國際明信片交換。
東引郵局
郵局進門左側信件櫃

週五下午有一對遊客比我早到,已經在蓋戳了,不過仔細一瞧,怎麼是藍色的呢?再看一下,怪怪不得了了,是有帶日期的癸戳,是九十三年馬祖國家風景區郵票 發行首日癸戳。看來這對遊客只是很單純的集章,不是郵友。我忙著寫片,無暇和他們交流。沒寫幾片,我就變更計畫決定先蓋風景戳,週一再來銷票寄出,省得留空間留得亂七八糟。再向櫃台取戳時,窗口的大叔才發現稍早給那對遊客錯戳了,換了正確的風景戳給我。而正宗紫紅色的印臺呢?怎麼找都找不到,只好勉強用補過藍色墨水的藍紫色印臺來蓋,真令人發窘。

經過週末兩天休息,週一早上郵局人聲鼎沸。大叔請我四點再過去,不過我估算三點左右就沒人了,帶著阿兵哥朋友一起去蓋戳寄片。這次,終於在櫃台上的廣告三角小立牌中,看到全新紫紅色印臺!(被拿去當壓底重物了)可惜我的部份週五已經全部蓋完了,反而讓沒有集郵的阿兵哥蓋到了正確、漂亮的紫紅色給國內外的親朋好友。

週三,我們又去了郵局一次。這天往來東引、基隆的船班停開第二天,既沒有信來,收進來的信也沒啥好整理的,我這天還另外蓋了幾個洋戳,然後拿到後面的工作室,才發現前天的信還乖乖的躺在工作檯上。我一點也沒料到,加上週三這批郵件,最後會躺在那裡足足一個星期!(不管是27日、30日還是9月1日,都等到9月7日我才在臺北收到。)由於沒有船等於島上的經濟活動步調暫停,窗口業務清閒,所以大叔今天有空和我閒聊,我趁著前晚看了一下鄉誌(第五篇第八章郵電**),翻了一下軍郵史的網頁,跟大叔聊開。我從門口的信件櫃開啟話題(上中右圖),那些都是軍事單位的「信箱」,上面貼了一張小佈告:
拜託!!連上沒有此人or已經退伍弟兄的信,麻煩挑出來,蓋上郵件收發章註明原因放在下格,交給『郵官』批退。萬分感謝。
馬祖東引郵局原為第五十五隨軍郵局,於民國96年1月1日撤銷軍郵編制,現在的郵局職員就是中華郵政公司的職員了。大叔說其實以前軍郵局時期,他們就是郵政公司的人,只是軍方讓他們掛階,可以指揮來支援的阿兵哥。我問他說掛什麼階,他說「士官長」,坐後面的局長則掛中尉到上尉。看了一下他們的年齡與外貌,還真有菜軍官和老士官長的調調,頗有趣味。不知道是不是我一直士官長長,士官長短的,大叔終於露出這幾天來的微笑,沒有嫌我煩了。

九月六號星期一要走時,我又到郵局門口晃了一下,嗄!郵局加長營業時間了。多了每月第一、三個週六早上08:00-11:30 。小島緩慢的生活步調,令人有種數十年如一日的錯覺,居然讓我在這十天的小島之旅遇到一件模式改變,也算是「歷史的見證」了。



Tung-yin (Dongyin) was not in the landmark postmark list in 2002, so there is no match official postal card. I did not notice that there is a special postmark and did not think I would do some postal work there.

Luckily, a friend who collects stamps reminded me to check out the website of the post office. Yes, there is one. There is also a local panoramic postcard set (8 pieces for NT$150.-) available in a local souvenir shop. (Click the last two pictures to see the eight cards.)

I arrived Tung-yin on Friday, 27 August and planned to leave on Tuesday. I could send all my postcard on Monday but it would be fun to let friends get souvenirs before I went back home. So I rushed to the post office on Friday afternoon, on Monday, ... on Wednesday... and on Friday. Because the ship was stopped by Typhoon Namtheum, I was stuck on the island. So was all post.

I left Tung-yin on 6 September and the trip to a little township ended up to 11 days. The postcard to myself (the top one) was sent on 27 August and reached on 7 September. What a domestic post and what a snail mail!


.東引散策一:阿兵哥  .東引散策二:東引的人、村子
.東引散策三:東引風光 .東引散策四:海上交通


*依照上兩圖順序分別寄給:蛋捲兒、瑞霖、曾可愛、國際明信片交換、鄧老師、雲彩、顏喵、吳珍娜。另外兩片郵政明信片銷甲戳帶風景戳給溫小DD與糖媽。

**劉家國、邱新福,東引鄉誌,連江縣東引鄉:東引鄉公所,民91,頁237-239。(ISBN:957-01-0832-0)網路版:http://www.matsu.idv.tw/dongyin/history.htm

Monday, 9 August 2010

雙鯉萬金,門開片至 / Kinmen Postcards

六月的明信片小團購,已經計畫暑假會有幾次出遊,所以這次金門行的片子那時也準備起來了。這套同樣是許釗滂先生的攝影作品,許先生的臺灣影像網站同樣沒有把這套分別展示,這邊就貼張拼貼來給有興趣的網友參考。(可點圖放大。↓Mr. Chao-pang Hsu's Postcards of Kinmen. Click to enlarge.)


在金門寄國際明信片,第一句話就遭遇行文的挫折。當我們逐漸減少「中華民國」的使用時,來自「臺灣金門」的語句,總不如臺灣臺北來的自然。短短的紙片,要把這六十年來的意識形態轉變與國家地域疆界表達清楚,著實是個挑戰。如果沒有好好解釋,又顯得對金門人不義。寫了幾片之後,我只能想到很鄉愿地用模糊的方式來解決:「金門,一個臺灣的外島領土。」與省級虛級的政策結合,略掉福建省,只希望這樣可以避免化金門為「他者」的尷尬。


郵局民國91年搭配風景戳出版之風景信片,金門部份:
太武山、得月樓、
毋忘在莒、古寧頭斷崖、烈嶼海岸
儘管金門與臺灣皆屬閩南文化區,但從明信片的景觀來看,金門有著和臺灣不同的風情。除卻一些已經沒那麼濃烈的戰地特色外,洋樓、磚房、風獅爺,還有高粱田,都是金門特別的地方。相較於端午節造訪的綠島「鄉」只有一枚風景戳,五個風景戳勉強能鉤勒出金門「縣」的樣貌:太武山(山外)、毋忘在莒(沙美、金門)、古寧頭斷崖(金門)、烈嶼海岸(烈嶼)、得月樓(金門)。

阿泰與我在週日傍晚先前往小金門住一宿,週一在國之西境的郵局等開門蓋戳。蓋完隨即直奔金門最東北的沙美郵局,接著到山外郵局寫片與午休。山外郵局是從前「第一軍郵局」,在沙美的郵筒上即可看出金門都是由山外負責收攬,可以料想得到所謂「第一」的規模。
中華郵政極西郵局:烈嶼郵局
前第一軍郵局:山外郵局

我們的旅行很幸運的和軍人們的休假錯開,不論是旅店、飲食,都沒有受到擠壓。但又幸運的在整趟最後的跑戳日,遇到多數弟兄的島休日和洽公。在前軍郵局中捕捉到阿兵哥用郵的畫面,為逐漸淡去的戰地色彩,又增添了點墨色。我們或許沒能寄出什麼萬金家書,但是也希望寄出一些明信片給片友,分享旅程中的所見所聞與歡樂。


Sending a international (postcrossing) postcard in Kinmen  is a big challenge to me. Not because of the bad postal service but a difficulty of describing where I post it. When we use Republic of China less and less, ‘Greetings from Kinmen, Taiwan’ sounds awkward to me. It is very hard to squeeze all description of national identity change and boundary recognition into a small piece of paper. I, however, want to write my words precisely to be fair to Kinmen People.

The solution I take is a ‘vague’ description. ‘Greetings from Kinmen, a remote island territory of Taiwan along China coast on the west of Taiwan Strait.’ In fact, Kinmen is in Fujien (Fu-chien or Hokkien) Province. It is one of the small parts of Fujien not belonging to People’s Republic of China, but belonging to Republic of China (well known as Taiwan). Kinmen people are also our ‘Fellow Taiwanese’.


郵政明信片紀錄:
給親友的許釗滂明信片:
山后民俗村→appletea、睿友學校→cloudcolors、八二三紀念館→ericdeng、山后海珠堂→yipolly

Thursday, 24 June 2010

Words and Legends / 字的故事

I'm going to tell a legend to Karolina for return of her two stories. Base on her interests of postcard theme, I choose calligraphy art of traditional Chinese culture. This postcard is from National Taiwan University Faculties, Staff and Students Union Exhibition of Traditional Chinese Art. This year is the fourth time of the exhibition.

Traditional Chinese characters are truly treasures of east Asia. There are many races using them to write their spoken languages. Some races even have derivation characters for their own languages.

Legend of character creation is like this:

Cangjie, (pronounced like Ts'ang-chieh) was the saint who created Chinese characters. In the legends, he had four eyes and there are two pupils in each. This is usually one special feature of saints. He was the history keep officer of the Yellow Emperor. After unifying China, the Emperor needed to remember more things. So he was not satisfied with 'rope knot tying' method, and asked Cangjie to solve this problem.

One day, Cangjie thought of this issue along the riverside. A phoenix flew by and dropped a stick with one animal footprint. While He was wonder what animal made the print, a hunter walked by and told him, 'I can recognise all animals by their footprints'. The idea came into Cangjie's mind. Yes, he could use lines to record everything's feature stroke by stroke.

According to a history book, after he created characters, it rained millet from the heaven and ghosts cried at late night. It is because the nature could not hide its secret and the ghosts could not transform freely. People can write to record and describe.

The Chinese characters transformed several times. The fonts we use nowadays are similar with the ones our ancestors used 2,000 years ago. However, mainland China simplified characters in 1950's and now uses different fonts from Taiwan. We Chinese Taiwanese now still use traditional Chinese while Chinese in China use non-traditional.

The couplet is read like this:
The scenery of the country is good everywhere.
The rain and dew wash everything to a new look.

為了回報卡羅琳娜的兩個故事。我依據他交換明信片網站中的檔案,挑了中華傳統文化中的書法片給他,預計向他訴說「倉頡造字」的故事,以及中文各式字體與簡化的分合。這張片子是國立臺灣大學第四屆師生金石書畫聯展的作品,本年度展覽名稱為「墨筆輕描山水綠、銀鉤遠掛夕陽紅」。

漢字在東亞文化圈中,實實在在是個文化瑰寶,除了漢族使用外,還有許多不同的民族使用,也有民族自行衍生出類似的體系。然而文字的生成在中國是有故事的:

傳說漢字是由一位名叫作「倉頡」聖人發明的。根據記載,倉頡有四隻眼睛,每個眼睛裡有兩顆瞳孔,通常都是聖人才有此異像。他是上古時代黃帝的史官,黃帝在統一中國後,感到結繩記事的不足而命他想辦法解決。有一天倉頡在河邊苦思解決之道,遠處飛來一隻鳳凰,從牠嘴中落下一件物品,是個帶有獸爪印的東西。他正好奇這是什麼動物留下的,剛好有位路過得獵人就告訴他,他可以依據這個足跡來判斷各種動物的種類。這件事啟發了倉頡,他想到可用線條來表現萬物的樣貌,如此即可記事。

當倉頡造好字時,《淮南子·本經》中記載:「天雨粟,鬼夜哭。」原因在於造化不能藏其秘,故天雨粟;靈怪不能遁其形,故鬼夜哭。


本片同時於官方交換活動中寄出。This postcard was also sent for postcrossing official card.

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 26 May to 4 June , 2010
Sender: Dodd
To: Beatriz in Viseu, Portugal

寄自:臺灣臺北
日期:2010年5月26日至6月4日
寄者:Dodd
收件人:葡萄牙維蘇的碧翠絲

Wednesday, 23 June 2010

First Attempt at Maximum Cards / 初試自銷原圖卡


I prepared many postcards to send to friends who are interested in postcards from an outer isle of Taiwan. But after the trip, I think that I worried too much. Every shop selling scenery postcards only sells Mr. Hsu's work with no exception.

The destination was kept in secret until the postcards arrived. My trip started on Wednesday, 16, a public holiday of Dragon Boat Festival. So all postcards were sent after Thursday. But what a surprise, some friends in Kaohsiung received the cards on Friday. How efficient!!

The picture on the right is the Maximum Card I made. I also put on the scenic postmark on the back. The mark of Green Island is 'the pug and the sleeping beauty'. It does not match the stamp nor the postcard but It really one representative landscape of the island.

The Pug and the Sleeping Beauty. 睡美人與哈巴狗 ↓

前一陣子買了些明信片,準備在端午出遊寄給各位片友。不過到了目的地後,才發現這些事前準備真是白費工,當地所有販售「風景明信片」的店家,都是僅此一款—許釗滂先生的攝作品集。事先準備好的優點,只剩出發前就可先寫好部份信文,到目的地只需銷戳。

出發前一直沒有透漏目的地,就是想在明信片上給大家一個驚喜。見識稍廣的網友,應該可以從上面的大圖猜到我到底去哪玩了。端午節的四天行程,只有週四及週五可以銷票蓋戳寄片,因此本來預計是回來還要再繼續忍兩天到週一晚間才公佈答案,沒想到週五高雄就已經有人收到啦,不得不誇讚一下中華郵政的效率。(門口的郵筒截郵時間是早上十點鐘和中午十二點,因此其實下午投的郵件大概都延至第二天才收。但我是直接從窗口遞進去的,可能因此快了點。)

綠島郵局位在圖書館的左前方,中華電信的右側,離統一便利超商不遠,與鄉公所、消防隊等公部門群聚於南寮村的北端。三層樓的房子,看起來剛落成不久。推開大門走進營業大廳,還可以看到「新屋落成」的彩球。玻璃大門有著海濱郵局都難以避免的裝飾,已經被海風蒙上一層鹽霧。由於是新局落成,營業櫃台也很新穎,都是低矮的櫃台,風景戳就放在檯面上,顯然常有人來蓋。

我並不是第一次蓋風景戳,但是第一次嘗試製作原圖卡。燈塔票配燈塔片在加上原地戳,外加一個風景戳。不過片和票搭上了,就無法和風景戳搭配了。綠島的風景戳圖案是綠島東岸的哈巴狗與睡美人,頗能代表綠島的風光。

↑ 郵局出品郵政明信片Postal Card
許釗滂的明信片因為是光面的,我又沒快乾墨水用,因此總是會滑一下或是缺角漏字,寄給各位郵友的片子就這樣帶著些許缺陷出去,好在除了正面有燈塔票外,背面也用了綠島燈塔加東吉燈塔郵票,銷出來的甲戳就清楚多了。我另外買了兩張郵政明信片銷癸戳。郵局大哥看了一下上位來銷的日期,六月11日,可見這裡真是個熱門景點,癸戳的日期也「與時俱進」。

大部分有在玩國際交換明信片的片友,寄送了燈塔原圖卡,其他的朋友就從綠島套裝明信片中挑了幾張出來,另外出發前和在島上也各寄了一張和兩張給國際交換明信片的外國朋友。許先生的網頁沒有把套裝全數展示出來,下面就稍微以小圖展示給各位網友欣賞*。
  • *套裝明信片中,沒有左上兩張直的,最下左二,左四,右上兩直中的右二這五張,想要特別一點的需要另外向臺灣攝影圖片館郵購。另外還有寬幅的,島上也比較不容易找到(但還是有)。

  • 套裝明信片說明:綠島風情
    綠島舊名火燒島,位於台東東方約33公里的太平洋上,面積僅16.2平方公里,綠島是一座郵海底火山噴發後,所形成的島嶼,全島多山,火燒山為全島最高峰,海拔281公尺,島之地質以火山集塊岩為主,因長年受風化及海浪侵蝕的結果,四周海岸的地形頗為曲折多變,有海蝕洞、巨岩、海灣、海涯、凹灣等,構成綠島美麗的自然風光。睡美人、樓門岩、牛頭山、帆船鼻等是其中最獨特的地景。本明信片收集許多自然優美的景色,讓您飽覽海島幽然的風光,體驗大自然的神奇與奧秘。
  • The description of the postcard set: Green Island Scenery
    Green Island was originally called Burning Island. It is located 33 km east of Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean; its land area is 16.2 km2. A submarine volcano created Green Island. Therefore, it is very mountainous, and its highest peak (281 m) is called Burning Mountain. Since this island is volcanic and corroded by wind and water, there are many breath-taking scenes, such as rocks and caves and a mystifying bay. Some of the most famous ones are: the sleeping Beauty, Cow Head Mountain, Sailing Ship Nose, and the Gate Rock.

兩張原圖名信片分別
最上方原圖卡寄往
From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 19 June to 4 July, 2010
Sender: Dodd
To: Mao Yiqing in Shanghai, China

寄自來自:臺灣臺北
日期:2010年6月19日至7月4日
寄者:Dodd
收件人:中國上海的Mao Yiqing
郵局照片下方郵政明信片寄往
From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 2 to ? July, 2010
Sender: Dodd
To: Dominique Schneider in Neuilly-sur-Marne, France

寄自來自:臺灣臺北
日期:2010年7月2至?日
寄者:Dodd
收件人:法國訥伊敘爾馬恩的多明尼克.史奈德

Tuesday, 25 May 2010

Colourful Ghana from My Fellow Taiwanese Postcrosser /
來自同鄉的非洲明信片


Colourful Ghana
Originally uploaded by Dodd Lu

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 22 to 25 May, 2010
Sender: Ericdeng

來自:臺灣臺北木柵
日期:2010年5月22至25日
寄者:小鄧鄧老師

Eric Deng is a brand new postcrosser from my hometown. We met online a few years ago. I sent him a package of postcards to give him a big welcome and got this postcard for reward today.

He has not traveled to Ghana yet but got this postcard from National Tsing Hua University International Volunteer, Ghana Team. We have so little information about Africa in Taiwan, so Africa seems to remain 'The Dark Continent' to us. In fact, Africa has never been dark at all. It's colourful and worth visiting and doing volunteer work.

這是來自臺灣的非洲片。小鄧鄧老師是在網路上認識的海巡朋友,是位地理老師。他從清華大學國際志工迦納團的網頁訂購到這套明信片,寄了這張給我作為我歡迎他加入國際明信片活動的回禮。

不知道我的網路形象是不是跟黑色大陸上的人們一樣模糊不清,不過我是很努力做些「彩色人生」的事情。鄧老師來信提到做國際志工的事情,這點我可是認真考慮中的。但是根據我先前的瞭解,目前國際發展型志工的潮流是「專業」與「長期」。看來還是得多多培養自己的能力呀!

Saturday, 29 August 2009

Post Taiwan to the World, Share the Spirit /
分享感動,把臺灣寄出去

The CommonWealth Magazine group launched a new activity of 'smile of 319', 'Post Taiwan to the World' on 25 July. They selected 25 images of Taiwan and printed 100 millions postcards to let everyone to post to the world.

It is no doubt that 25 images cannot represent a country, but they surely show the beauty of Taiwan, passion, hospitality, art, life, tradition, modern, technology, simple and plain, and so forth. I am not used to buy mass printing postcards in chain bookstore, but special kind limited in scenic area. However, I would like not only post these postcards, but also collect them.

Thank all friends for exchanging postcards with me. You make my collection complete. Also wish you who get my postcards of this set like it.天下雜誌群自2001年起開始推廣島內旅遊「微笑319鄉」,接著有319+、跟著娜娜去旅行等等不同的活動,從一開始的單純集章,到串聯微笑商店,逐步發展到發現臺灣的每一個角落。2003年,我在Dodd的單車環島也曾蓋過不少鄉鎮戳章,後來參加網路上的活動、2005年單車行集章,還陸陸續續抽中兩次獎。2007、08年在澎湖看海的日子,甚至還管過兩顆不同的319印章。雖然我不是什麼所謂的「319笑友」,對天下雜誌某些文字走筆也偶有意見,但是看到這活動可以這麼成功,而且持續蓬勃,真的很高興。

7月25日,天下啟動了今年的新系列活動「把臺灣寄出去」,發行了25款臺灣意象明信片讓大家把臺灣寄出去。在寄了這麼多明信片出國後,我相信臺灣絕對不只這25種樣貌,但是這一系列熱情、生動、溫馨、樸實、科技、藝術、現代、復古等等不同感受的明信片,都展現出臺灣之美。我對於各種紀念品店、書店可以看到的大量發行明信片興趣並不高,通常都是在風景區挑選獨門、地區限定的明信片,不過這套的攝影風格,除了讓我真正想寄送出去,還挑起了我收集的欲望。

7月25日本想去故宮參加啟動儀式,但在打電話問了活動的詳情,再加上天候不佳,所以就決定等正式啟動,明信片鋪到各領取點後,分頭去跑關蒐集。然而蝸居在家良久,直到8月14日被人叫到台北車站吃飯,才正式開始我的收集之路。很幸運的是,臺北的觀光點多,鋪貨舖得廣,一天下來,光跑南區就集了15張。當天上噗浪和交換明信片的噗友們聊天,提議交換,也在一週內集滿,唯讀9號魯凱之春(右圖)遲遲等不到有人可以跟我換,終於讓我憋不住到批踢踢319活動討論版跟板友徵。總算,在開始蒐集後兩週,28日完工。為這套純收藏的明信片,寫篇網誌,紀念一下。

Friday, 21 August 2009

God Bless Taiwan, Pray for Taiwan / 天佑台灣


From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 21 to 28 August, 2009
Sender: Dodd
To: KHOR KOK KEONG in Ipoh, Malaysia

寄自:臺灣臺北
日期:2009年3月12日至28日
寄者:Dodd
收件人:馬來西亞怡保的KHOR KOK KEONG

This postcard is still on my desk. I'm going to send it later in the morning. But I cannot wait to write my blog to share with the world.

Taiwan was hit by Typhoon Morakot in early August. The atrocious weather brought almost annual amount rainfall in four days and caused flood and mudslide. Thousands of citizens lost their homes and hundreds of folks lost their lives. The rescue team is still in action. We could be hit but can not be beaten. We, Taiwanese, now are calling the world to pray for us by this postcard.

God bless Taiwan, and pray for the victims.

這張明信片還在我的桌上,難得我還沒寄就已經想要寫部落格了。等等郵局一開門,就拿去寄。台灣前一陣子遭逢颱風襲擊,造成五十年來最大的水患。搜救工作直到現在還在持續,復原工作也正如火如荼的展開。我們可以被颱風打擊,但是絕對不會被擊倒。藉著寄送這份明信片,請全世界為我們祈禱。

天佑台灣,為災民祈福。


22日補記

*這款明信片由最靡印製,數量有限。目前置於誠品敦南與信義店文具館。有國外朋友或有參與Postcrossing的,歡迎踴躍索取,務必熱烈寄送,毋枉製片人的善心。不用要求捐款,也不用發動什麼活動,誠摯的請收件人為台灣祝禱,為災民祈福。

由於這張明信片只有兩個索取點,所以我在我的噗浪(Plurk)相招了交換明信片(Postcrossing)小圈圈的人來集個氣,讓這份心意,從全台灣各地散發出去。我總共索取了十張,一張給了明信片交換論壇上,說已經捐款台灣的香港人,另一張寄給前述那位收片人。

接下來的八張,共有八位片友共襄盛舉。首先,我在八張明信片上簽好名後,寄給第一位。他也在每張簽名,拿一張寫上他想講的話,寄給國外片友,再把剩下的七張轉寄下去,直到最後一張集滿九個簽名,也寄往國外。參與的人共有艾希絲妮(西屯)、Aru、Anita(鳳山)、color小貓(松山)、rita(泰山)、曾可愛(羅東)、布丁娃娃(汐止)、Janet(屏東)。昨天順利寄明信片時同時發出去,集氣活動正式交棒,希望可以順利達陣。


寄到了,28日寄到了。
It arrives on 28 Aug. Great!

Wednesday, 20 May 2009

Dance Like Cotton / 棉花糖的舞蹈


From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 18 to 19 May, 2009
Sender: Minicolor

來自:臺灣臺北松山
日期:2009年5月18至19日
寄者:color小貓

This is an ad card from the maker after the ad expired a year. The sender is one of postcrosser I met in the postcrossing meeting, Taipei. She was the member of NTU Modern Dance Club. I went to an union showcase of all dance clubs in NTU, but I have never been to any individual one.

This cotton candy girl is a symbol to me that dancers are flying on the stage like the cotton blown by the wind. So light and so freely.

這是一張來自於製作人,過期一年的廣告卡。我和寄件人是在交換明信片聚會上認識的。他是台大現代舞社的成員。我曾經去過聯合的花城舞展,也因為親友去過秋夜、吟星舞展。但是現代舞的獨立舞展就沒什麼印象了。

跳舞對我來說,是一種自由和解放。舞者在天空中跳躍,要從灑鹽空中到柳絮因風起不知道要修煉多久。所以這個棉花糖的卡片,應該暗示著舞者們都在舞台上得到糖一般的快樂。只是這個棉花糖頭女孩兒,不知道是在煩惱怎麼沒風,還是正在喘息,整個面容心事重重的。

Tuesday, 19 May 2009

Love Our Planet / 愛行星


From: Taichung, Taiwan
Date: 14 to 19 May, 2009
Sender: Nice

來自:臺灣臺中
日期:2009年5月14至19日
寄者:慧本家

Sending postcard can be a kind of propaganda. No matter what picture you choose, you express something. Usually, I prefer neutral postcard, like landscape, nature scene. But this postcard shows me the love of our planet. I love the theme. It is from a Taiwanese friend whom I left a message to on her blog about postcrossing. What a good choice for people from the same country! Thank you Nice.

寄明信片其實也滿像種宣傳活動。炫耀自己的遊歷、表達愛鄉情感,或更只是單純的商業廣告。我個人是比較偏好收中性一點的明信片,像是地景、物件或自然等。這張純粹是國內明信片愛好者的來片。我之前在他部落格的留言,他循線找到我的地址,寄來了這張表達了愛地球的意念。對於同一個國家的網友,這種國際化的宣傳明信片,實在很不錯。(而且它還是慈善明信片,片上有註明印製者因為我們的購買會捐錢給慈善團體)。謝謝慧本家!

Saturday, 2 May 2009

Lake in the Mist / 迷霧之湖


TW-39037-1
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 12 March to N/A, 2009
Sender: Dodd
To: Chenqi in China

來自:臺灣臺北
日期:2009年3月12日至某日
寄者:Dodd
收件人:中國的Chenqi

This postcard was purchased during my Alishan trip in mid January. It was Lake Sisters which was a famouse place of Taiwan in China. I sent to a Chinese in March and emailed him to check whether it arrived or not in April. Unfortunately, it was missing by report on 2 May. The lake was in the deep forest and always in the mist.  Now the postcard of the misty lake would never have been known where it is.

這張阿里山姐妹潭的明信片是在一月中的阿里山之行買的。阿里山在中國也是小有名氣的台灣景點。三月時寄給在杭州的郵友,四月寫信去確認到底收到沒有,直到五月才收到回信否認。這個常年在迷霧中的林中湖泊明信片,命運比在迷霧中還慘,再也沒有人知道它到哪裡去了。

Thursday, 16 April 2009

Kayaking Together / 一起來划獨木舟


From: Penghu, Taiwan
Date: 16 April , 2009
Sender: H. HSU

來自:臺灣澎湖
日期:2009年4月16日
寄者:徐H

The English word for this kind of boat is kayak. It does not imply any single stuff. But in Chinese, 獨木舟, it means 'make in one single piece of wood' or 'handle by one person'. Hsu had gone to Penghu to serve in the military without no one, and he had said he is lonely several times. But he is not alone now. He is just the first one going to Penghu and gets more experience than his friends, like those kayaks laid on the beach together.

英文的Kayak沒有什麼「獨立」的涵義,不過中文的獨木舟,就可以指「獨木」或是單人操舟。徐自己一個人赴澎湖服役,也總是聽他抱怨軍旅中的孤獨。不過他現在不孤單了。他只是朋友群中第一個去澎湖的人,現在也比其他人有更多的澎湖經驗,就像這些擱在沙灘上的獨木舟一樣,有些乘風破浪的經驗總是比較多。

Monday, 13 April 2009

Symbol of Capital / 首都像徵


From: Pingtung, Taiwan
Date: 3, to 14 April, 2009
Sender: Dodd
To: S. Su

來自:臺灣屏東
日期:2009年4月3至14日
寄者:Dodd
收件人:蘇S.

What makes a city a capital of a country? It is hard to tell. I promised a friend living in Canberra, the capital of Australia, to send him a postcard. Taipei is the capital of Taiwan, so I decided to find some capital image from capital to capital. The Presidentail Hall of Taiwan is not the greatest building in Taipei, but as the office of the president, it is representative enough.

一國之都的象徵是什麼呢?真是難說呀。我答應住在澳洲首府坎培拉的朋友要寄張明信片給他。從首都到首都的明信片,當然也就選有首度風貌的囉。臺灣總統府雖然不是臺北最了不起的建築,不過既然是總統的辦公地點,還是有其代表性囉!

Wednesday, 8 April 2009

Travel in the South / 南境之旅

Vase Rock, Liuchiu, Pingtung, Taiwan Coast in Hengchuen

Alley in Hengchuen Maobitou, Kenting, Taiwan
Dajianshan, Kenting, Taiwan Manjhou

South Gate, Henchueng, Taiwan Pingtung, Taiwan
Old Iron Bridge, Taiwan Sun Yat-sen Park Pingtung

From: Pingtung, Taiwan
Date: 3,4,5 April, 2009
Sender: Dodd
To: L. CHEN, Penpal HSIEH, H. HE, L. LU, i TUNG, D. WANG, S. TSAI, R. LIU, s MAO, a CHEN

來自:臺灣屏東
日期:2009年4月3,4,5日
寄者:Dodd
收件人:陳L.、筆友謝、何H.、陸L.、董i、王D.、蔡S.、劉R.、毛s、陳a

I went the southern end of the Taiwan island for a work trip. Before going south, I bought two sets of Pingtung postcards. I also pickec up one from the post office official Taiwan scenic set. I think sending a postcard is a good way to let friends know what you are doing immediately. Or you would never have a chance to talk about the trip. 

四月初因工去了趟屏東。在南下之前,從郵局買了套屏東的明信片,以及海角七號的電影場景明信片,還從郵局的臺灣風景明信片中挑了幾張出來。本來沒有想要全部寄出去的,不過不知不覺每張明信片上都填好地址和收件人了。旅遊的時候寄送明信片,可以即時的把正在做的事告訴朋友。不然很可能完全找不到機會跟人分享這趟旅遊。十張明信片,實地踏過的有五張,另外五張,大概在百來公尺或幾公里內經過,也算可以拿來紀念這趟旅程啦!

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

The Southernmost Night Market / 南國夜市


Kenting Street
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Kenting Hengchun, Pingtung, Taiwan
Date: 7 April, 2009
Sender: Dodd

來自:臺灣屏東恆春墾丁
日期:2009年4月7日
寄者:自己

I was too busy to write anything on the postcard on the trip, so I left the place in blank. When I dorped it to the mailbox, it stucked. The mailbox was full of letters and postcards. I wondered what were be written and sent? I hoped they tell their friends the beauty of the nature in this National Park, not only the party they had and the busy night market.

我的南境旅行非常緊湊,以致於只好把寫給自己的明信片空著先寄回家再補。還記得在墾丁大街要投郵的時候,塞進郵筒的時候居然卡住了,伸手進洞口就可以摸到已經投進去的郵件,一般落地型的大郵筒居然可以裝到滿到開口,真是太震驚了。實在很好奇大家在春吶時分都寫些什麼給親朋好友。希望是國家公園的美景與遊歷,而不單單是這裡熱鬧的夜市和前晚的派對。

Friday, 3 April 2009

As High as It Can Reach / 和大山一樣高


TW-42662
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 27 March to 2 April, 2009
Sender: Dodd
To: Lia in the Netherlands

來自:臺北臺灣
日期:2009年3月27至4月2日
寄者:Dodd
給:荷蘭的Lia

I bought this postcard in mid-January when I was in a trip to the south of Taiwan. This picture is about the flower, plum in the mountain Ali. (we call the mountain, Alishan.) I choose this postcard because I saw you sent out some plant postcards. Also, the background is another mountain in Taiwan. It's the highest mountain Yushan, Mt. Jade. It's 3,952 m high and is in the National Park. Of course it is a landmark.

植物花卉的美麗,也是很多明信片蒐藏家的愛好主題之一。一月份去阿里山玩的時候,買明信片的時候,就特別帶了一些高山花卉回來。這張算是我覺得取景取得很棒的一張。阿里山上的冬梅,印襯在玉山主峰上。讓我可以同時介紹阿里山與玉山給外國人。透過角度的差異,梅樹比玉山還高。不過這樣的畫面,讓我想到,只要站的夠高,也就能看得夠遠。況且梅花寒冬開放的精神,拿來比擬玉山的高度,一點也沒有不合適。

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