#333 Taiwan
An official Postcrossing card from northern Taiwan showing a rock formation called The Queen's Head. Thank you, YiYun!
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#277 Taiwan
Taiwan cherry, Wuling, Taichung . You can see some pink cherry flowers on the ground. The Taiwanese cherry is a deciduous tree that grows up to 8m high. Its leaves are serrated, thin, and cherry-like. The flowers are deep pink, bell-shaped in clusters and it has shiny scarlet fruit 1cm across from October to December. ( source ) Thank you Sharon!
Private Swap - Korea (South)
South Korea is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. Its territory covers a total area of 99,392 sq. km and has a population of almost 50 million. The capital and largest city is Seoul. South Korea is a presidential republic consisting of sixteen administrative divisions and is a developed country with a very high standard of living. ( source ) The flag of South Korea has three parts: a white background; a red and blue taegeuk in the centre; and four black trigrams, one in each corner of the flag. The white background symbolizes "cleanliness of the people." The Taegeuk represents the origin of all things in the universe; holding the two principles of eun and yang; the former being the negative aspect rendered in blue, and the latter as the positive aspect rendered in red, in perfect balance. Together, they represent a continuous movement within infinity, the two merging as one. Traditionally, the four trigrams are r...
#218 Taiwan
Wulingyuan is a scenic and historic interest area in Hunan Province, China, noted for its approximately 3,100 tall quartzite sandstone pillars, some of which are over 800 metres in height and are a type of karst formation. The site is part of Zhangjiajie City and lies about 270 km from Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 ( source ). Thank you Emmy!
Private Swap - Taiwan
About the flag: http://tite-roy-gatra-pc.blogspot.com/2011/06/195-taiwan.html Thank you Karen!
#195 Taiwan
The Flag of the Republic of China , a state commonly known as Taiwan was first used in mainland China by the Kuomintang (KMT, the Chinese Nationalist Party) in 1917 and was made the official flag of the ROC in 1928. Since 1949, the flag is mostly used within Taiwan where the Republic of China relocated after having lost the Chinese Civil War to the Communists. The three colors of flag correspond to the Three Principles of the People: Blue represents nationalism and liberty. White represents democracy and equality; and Red represents the people's livelihood and fraternity; In the "Clear Sky with a White Sun" flag of Lu Hao-tung, the twelve rays of the white Sun symbolize the twelve months and the twelve traditional Chinese hours, each of which corresponds to two modern hours. Sun Yat-sen added the "Red Earth" to the flag to signify the blood of the revolutionaries who sacrificed themselves in order to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and create the...
#114 Taiwan
The Presidential Office Building houses the Office of the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The building, located in the Zhongzheng District in the national capital of Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan), was designed by architect Uheiji Nagano during the period of Japanese rule of Taiwan (1895-1945). The structure originally housed the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. Damaged in Allied bombing during World War II, the building was restored after the war by Chen Yi, the Governor-General of the Taiwan province. It became the Presidential Office in 1950 after the Republic of China lost control of mainland China and relocated the nation's capital to Taipei City at the end of the Chinese Civil War. ( source ) Thank you Ping!
#75 Taiwan
Taiwan , also known as Formosa (from Portuguese: Ilha Formosa , "Beautiful Island"), is an island situated in East Asia in the Western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. Taiwan comprises most of the territory controlled by the Republic of China (ROC) since 1949. Separated from the Asian continent by the 120 km wide Taiwan Strait, the main island of the group is 394 km long and 144 km wide. Taiwan has been governed by the Republic of China since 1945 when the ROC acquired Taiwan from Japan as a result of World War II. Taiwan's rapid economic growth in the decades after World War II has transformed it into an advanced economy as one of the Four Asian Tigers. This economic rise is known as the Taiwan Miracle. It is categorized as an advanced economy by the IMF and high-income economy by the World Bank. Its technology industry plays a key role in the global economy.Taiwanese companies manufacture a large portion of the world's...
