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 300000^th 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？

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！

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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。

Traditional Chinese Stationery / 觀：文房四寶

↑ 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 →

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.

← 宋 哥窯 青瓷蟾蜍硯 Celadon Toad Inkstione Clear Heart House Calligraphy Paper 宋 蔡襄 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。）

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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

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

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*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

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。

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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

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。

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。

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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。

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

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。

Symbol of Capital / 首都像徵

Presidential Office Building,
Taipei, Taiwan
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

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！

Travel in the South / 南境之旅

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！

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。

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。

Fire on the Sky / 天空之火

TW-41056
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 21 March to 2 April, 2009
Sender: Dodd
To: Daire in Estonia

來自：臺北臺灣
日期：2009年3月21至4月2日
寄者：Dodd
給：愛沙尼亞的Daire

I saw you already got a mailbox postcard and several sunsets from Taiwan. I was going to send you a flower, but at the second thought, I found you have sunset in sea, in city. So here is the sunset in the mountain. (and flower stamp) Taiwan is a mountainous country. In our little island, we have 258 mountains over 3,000 meters high. This postcard is Mt. Nan-hu. Although it's not the highest, mountaineers honor it as king of the mountains because of it style.

這張是蛙大的南湖大山攝影作品。收信人最優先的需求是郵政相關的物品，想來想去，只有一張內灣戲院郵筒和郵政博物館的明信片可以給他。再看看他收到的卡片中，已經有多張臺灣的明信片，而且這兩張也都有了。所以就退而求其次寄其他的需求。他有臺灣不同的夕陽照，但是山上的夕陽到沒有，所以寄上這張南湖大山的夕陽。他回信跟我說很開心，因為愛沙尼亞全國最高峰是318公尺。也讓我學到不同的東西。
臺灣是個多山的海島國家，雖然說沒有大川奔流，不過要山有山，要水有海。我雖然比較偏愛海景，不過山裡雲霧繚繞、氣象萬千的模樣，也另有一種感受。這張夕陽把天空燒起來的樣子，讓少進山裡的我，有點怦然心動起來。

Green Creature / 綠色小精靈

TW-42170
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 25 to 31 March, 2009
Sender: Dodd
To: Satu in Finland

來自：臺北臺灣
日期：2009年3月25至31日
寄者：Dodd
給：芬蘭的Satu

Two weeks ago, it was life science week. Department of life science had book sale, and photos, postcards and so on. I bought this card there. It's a tree frog. There are ten species of tree frog in Taiwan, and seven of them are only found in Taiwan. Taiwan is an island located in a very good place for life creatures. We are at subtropical and tropical boundary, so the weather is just right.

I am not an animal expert, so I can not recognise what species it is. So I only told Satu about tree frog in Taiwan. I checked the frog database and I guess it is Orange-Belly Green Tree Frog (Rhacophorus aurantiventris) or Emerald Green Tree Frog(Rhacophorus prasinatus). No matter which it is, it is an endemic and endangered species in Taiwan. Satu likes insects and wild animal postcards. I hope this frog goes well with his other insects. :)

Satu喜歡野生動植物還有昆蟲的明信片，所以我寄了這張給他。不過當時並沒有好好查它到底是哪一種。這張在二月底生命科學週攤位上買的明信片，就是一張很單純的生物攝影，什麼說明都沒有。所以我花了一段時間看網路上的介紹。台灣共有十種樹蛙，其中七種是特有種。我猜測這張是橙腹樹蛙或是翡翠樹蛙。如果有專家看到，麻煩幫我確認一下。

Beautiful Reflection of Sun Moon Lake / 日月潭水色

TW-41252
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 21 to 26 March, 2009
Sender: Dodd
To: Ritinha in Portugal

來自：臺北臺灣
日期：2009年3月21至26日
寄者：Dodd
給：葡萄牙的Ritinha

Sun Moon Lake by night--日月潭夜色

Sun Moon Lake is in the central Taiwan and is a popular tourism destination for most international tourists. It used to be smaller, but after a dam was built, it expanded and became bigger. There are some special kinds creatures in the eco-system. And because of the beautiful scene, it's surely a treasure of our country. 

本片為台灣郵政公司於96年9月10日出版的日月潭風景明信片中的一張，本套臺灣風景明信片係郵政公司出版的第一套風景明信片，不過卻不是我購買的第一套。原因在於我已有一段時間沒去日月潭，所以先使用了離我較近的臺北明信片。日月潭夜色，是這套明信片中，我認為最美的。雖題為夜色，但是天光雲影倒映在湖水之中，夾雜了不知是魚火還是旅社的燈光，展現出台灣湖泊的小家碧玉氣質，與各洲大陸浩瀚如海的大湖不同。寄予葡萄牙一位商管學生，明信片交換活度的新手，相信他會喜歡。

Flower in the Park / 公園之花

TW-40811
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 20 to 25 March, 2009
Sender: Dodd
To: Kai in Finland

來自：臺北臺灣
日期：2009年6月20至25日
寄者：Dodd
給：芬蘭的Kai

台中中正公園
位於台中市北區學士路，園內設有五彩繽紛的噴水池、兒童遊樂場、游泳池、網球場及一小型人工湖。

Chung Cheng Park, Taichung, Taiwan
The park is in the northern part of Taichung City. It has such facilities as a fountain. kiddieland, swimming pool, tennis court, and an artificial lake.

Taiwan is an island country between Japan and Philippines, on the boundary of tropical and subtropical zone. So it is very suitable for plants to grow. Taipei, my city, is the capital of the country. Taichung, the place of this card, is the third big city and about 200 km south of Taipei. Since you said you like gardening. I choose this city park with a flower stamp.

這張台中中正公園實在沒有特色。不過前景花團景簇，也就將就寄給喜愛園藝的凱了。

Jagged Rock / 臺「北」「南」雅嶙峋怪石

TW-39666
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 15 to 24 March, 2009
Sender: Dodd
To: Steffi in Germany

來自：臺北臺灣
日期：2009年3月15至24日
寄者：Dodd
給：德國的Steffi

臺灣臺北縣貢寮鄉南雅
為南亞[雅]海蝕地形之代表，因岩層的節理或軟硬不同，經過風化作用，岩柱深淺，濃淡不同的表面，更襯托出層次之美。

Nan-ya, Gongliao, Taipei County, Taiwan
Nanya is noted for its fantastic rock formations and sea eroded coral shore. The entire coastline here is a veritable sculpture garden that illustrates, in stone, the incomparable artistry of weathering and wave action.

Taipei City is surrounded by Taipei County. Some people say that the city is special in Chinese world and has its distinguishing characteristic, but the county is cut off by the city and without its own feature. Maybe the wildness and the coast is one of features in the county. I sent this to a German girl who lives inland. I can not imagine how hard people go to see the sea.

本想以南雅巉岩來形容這顆怪石，不過字典解釋巉岩是險峻的山石，所以這個海岸邊的怪石，還是以嶙峋來形容好了。有人說台北市有城市個性(或風格)，在華人城市中佔有一席之地。而被分隔的台北縣卻沒有個環境特性，甚至很難塑造縣民的認同感。這個總是被認為附屬的行政區，在城市風格或精緻程度，可能只能連老三地位都有危機。然而，這種奇岩怪石可能就是特色之一。這張明信片寄給一位住在德國內陸杜塞朵夫附近的女生，對於常去北縣海邊散步的臺北市民，還真沒辦法想像沒有海的日子。

Sky in the Rock / 石中天

TW-39997
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 16 to 21 March, 2009
Sender: Dodd
To: Portuguese Dina in the Netherlands

來自：臺北臺灣
日期：2009年3月16至21日
寄者：Dodd
給：荷蘭的葡萄牙人Dina

Saludos de Taiwan (o Formosa)
Cumprimentos desde a Formosa.
Formosa is the name given by portuguese voyagers in 16 centry. They shouted out 'Ilha Formosa,' when passed by the island. Taiwan is a long shape island. The west side is face mainland China across Taiwan Strait, and most people live on the plain in west. This postcard is the east coast. I like ocean and the colour blue very much. I wonder how far from your place to the coast.

This postcard is about the kettle-hole in Shihtiping in Hualien. Shihtiping is well-known for it sea erosion coast. As I said in the postcard, I like this blue reflection of sky in the hole. Very beautiful. Sky blue brings me a good time.

臺灣東海岸花蓮石梯坪，我知道它是海岸地形的活教室，不過對於湖穴，我一直以為基隆河平溪比較出名。不過沒想到國家風景區管理處自誇說「堪稱台灣第一」。沒想到我以有眼不視泰山。這張壺穴中的天光，別有「洞天」。藍色的岩石，可以帶來一整天的好心情。

La Mer Bleu / 蔚藍海岸

NC 08
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 20 March, 2009
Sender: Dodd
To: pen pal HSIEH

來自：臺北臺灣
日期：2009年3月20日
寄者：Dodd
給：筆友謝

Postcrossing lets me collect a lot of beautiful postcards. But sometimes I feel short of connection with the sender. I found a pen pal to share some feelings. He sent me NY MOMA Campbell's soup cans of Andy Warhol. This is what I sent for return, which was bought in New Caledonia in 2007.

交換明信片讓我蒐集到不少漂亮的明信片。不過除了明信片的圖樣，文字的部份比較沒有情感交流。之前我徵了個筆友，他寄了張從紐約現代美術館帶回來安迪‧沃赫的金寶雞湯罐頭給我，我就用這張2007年從新克里多尼亞帶回來的回敬給他。這些旅遊帶回來的明信片，也就是那些留到最後的明信片。這張算是有感覺的，不過一直想放著等見到實景之後才寄，結果就等到帶回來了。帶離原鄉的明信片，能夠找到恰當的時間分享出去時再是很不錯的一件事。

這張是努美亞法屬新喀里多尼亞南方省的省辦公處和港灣。藍藍的海岸，充滿大洋的風光。與法國地中海的風情相較，又更有開展性。

Look Up the Sky When Feeling Down / 仰望無窮星空

International Year
of Astronomy, Taiwan
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 18 March, 2009
Sender: Dodd
To: H. HSU in Penghu

來自：臺北臺灣
日期：2009年3月18日
寄者：Dodd
給：徐H

I was thinking to write a letter to Hsu for his postcard. I saw this ad postcard on the way to the post office. I saw this advertisement and think the subject is interesting. It is a bout a concert of the international year of astronomy, Taipei. Although Hsu can not attend, I hope he can enjoy his time with clear sky in Penghu when he has a hard time in the military.

本來打算給徐的明信片來回封信，不過在去咖啡館寫信的路上，看到這張國際天文年音樂會活動的廣告明信片。雖然徐沒辦法來參加，不過在澎湖有遠比台北清澈的天空。希望他若是感到無比困頓時，抬頭仰望無窮的星空，或許可以對生活有更多希望。