2007-03-01 Sanchong TPO

Sanchong Temporary Post Office (TPO)
Name: Taiwan Military Police School
TPO Open Date/Time: 2007 March 1st(96.3.1) (9:00-14:00)

2007-02-14 Tainan TPO

Tainan Temporary Post Office (TPO)
Name: The 9th Anniversary of Tainan Philately Service Center
TPO Open Date: 2007 February 14th(96.2.14)
Cancellation Design: Valentine's Day, Heart

2007-01-05 Banciao TPO

Banciao Temporary Post Office (TPO)
Name: Opening to Traffic of the Taiwan High Speed Rail
TPO Open Date/Time: 2007 January 5th(96.1.5) (8:00-17:30)
Cancellation Design: Railway Station, Train

The Taiwan High Speed Rail (Traditional Chinese: 台灣高速鐵路, also known as the THSR) is Taiwan's high-speed rail network, running approximately 335.50 kilometers (208 mi) from Taipei City to Kaohsiung City, which began operations on January 5, 2007. Adopting Japan's Shinkansen technology for the core system, the THSR uses the Taiwan High Speed 700T train, manufactured by a consortium of Japanese companies, most notably Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The total cost of the project is currently estimated to be US$15 billion, and is the one of the largest privately funded transport schemes to date. Express trains capable of travelling at up to 300 km/h travel from Taipei City to Kaohsiung City in roughly 90 minutes as opposed to 4-6 hours by conventional rail, although regular trains take a scheduled two hours when making all stops.

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2006-11-27 Keelung TPO

Keelung Temporary Post Office (TPO)
Name: Beauties of Ancient China - Imperial Consort Zhen
TPO Open Date/Time: 2006 November 27th(95.11.27) (9:00-12:00)
Cancellation Design: Woman

Imperial Consort Zhen (Chinese: 珍妃) (February 27, 1876 - August 15, 1900), popularly known as the "Pearl Concubine", was an Imperial Consort of the Guangxu Emperor (b.1871-d.1908) of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China.

Named Lady Tatala (他他拉), she was the daughter of Changxu of the Tatala clan and younger sister of the Imperial Consort Jin (瑾妃) (1874 - 1924) who also was married to the Emperor. Thus, both sisters were married to the same husband.

Consort Zhen was the favourite concubine of the Guangxu Emperor. She entered the Forbidden City in 1888. Soon after that, she married the Emperor on February 25, 1889 and was granted the title of "Zhen Fei" (Pearl Concubine).

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2006-11-26 Keelung TPO

Keelung Temporary Post Office (TPO)
Name: Beauties of Ancient China - Wang Baochuan
TPO Open Date/Time: 2006 November 26th(95.11.26) (9:00-12:00)
Cancellation Design: Woman

Wang Baochuan and Syue Pinggui, a couple living in hanyao ("cold cave"), had been caught in the poor condition for years. One day, Pinggui tamed a fierce horse with red hair on its neck and gave it to the King of Tang. Pleased, the Tang King appointed him as Rear Army Force Commander. When the barbarian, Siliang, revolted, Wang Yun, Baochuan's father and also the prime minister, recommended Su Long and Wei Hu as the Marshal and Deputy Marshal, and ordered Pinggui to proceed as the Vanguard. Pinggui went back to hanyao to say goodbye with Baochuan, then stepped on his march to Siliang. However, he was set up by Wei Hu and caught by the enemy. Because the Siliang King admired talented Pinguei, he not only spared his life but also married his daughter Princess Daizhan to him. When the Siliang King died, Pinggui then succeeded to be the king.

18 years later, Pinggui went back to Changan. He accidentally encountered Wang Baochuan at Wujia Hill. Since she did not recognize him, Pinggui decided to test Baochuan's loyalty; however, Baochuan scolded this stranger for his flippant and rude behavior and ran back to hanyao. Pinggui chased her to hanyao and told her the truth. The husband and wife finally recognized each other.

Right after the King of Tang died, Wang Yun usurped the throne. He intended to kill Pinggui. Pinggui got the help from Princess Daizhan and fought back to Changan. He made himself the King. In the gold palace, Pinggui promoted Su Lung and executed Wei Hu. Admonished and advised by Baochuan, Pingui pardoned Wang Yun. He also conferred ranks on Baochuan, Princess Daizhan, and Baochuan's parents.

2006-11-25 Keelung TPO

Keelung Temporary Post Office (TPO)
Name: Beauties of Ancient China - Princess Wencheng
TPO Open Date/Time: 2006 November 25th(95.11.25) (9:00-12:00)
Cancellation Design: Woman

The Chinese Princess Wencheng (Tibetan: Mung-chang Kungco, (Traditional Chinese: Sentence forming public main thing and pinyin: Wénchéng Gōngzhǔ) (d. 680 [1]), was a niece of the powerful Emperor Taizong of Tang of Tang China and who left China in 640, according to records and arriving the next year in Tibet to marry the thirty-seven year old Songtsän Gampo (605? - 650 CE) the thirty-third king of the Yarlung Dynasty of Tibet and in a marriage of state as part of a peace treaty.

The Chinese records mention receiving an envoy in 634 from Songtsän Gampo wherein the king requested to marry a Chinese princess and was refused. In 635/636 the Tibetian king's forces attacked and defeated the 'A zha people (Chinese: Tüyühün) who lived around Lake Koko Nor in the northeast corner of Tibet and along an important trade route into China. After a successful campaign against China in 635-6 (OTA l. 607) the Chinese emperor agreed to marry a Chinese princess to king Songtsän Gampo as part of the diplomatic settlement and which in the event became Princess Wen Cheng. As a marriage of state and the union must be considered a success as peace between China and Tibet prevailed for the remainder of Songtsen Gampo's reign.

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2006-11-24 Keelung TPO

Keelung Temporary Post Office (TPO)
Name: Beauties of Ancient China - Cai Wenji
TPO Open Date/Time: 2006 November 24th(95.11.24) (9:00-12:00)
Cancellation Design: Woman

Cai Wenji (Chinese: 蔡文姬; Pinyin: Cài Wénjī; b. 177), also known as Cai Yan, was a Han Dynasty poet and composer. She was the daughter of Cai Yong, also a musician. Her courtesy name was originally Zhaoji, but it was changed to Wenji during the Jin Dynasty to avoid a naming conflict with Sima Zhao.

She spent part of her life as a prisoner of the Xiongnu tribe, until Cao Cao paid a heavy sum to redeem her in 207.

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2006-11-23 Keelung TPO

Keelung Temporary Post Office (TPO)
Name: Beauties of Ancient China - Zhuo Wenjun
TPO Open Date/Time: 2006 November 23rd(95.11.23) (9:00-12:00)
Cancellation Design: Woman

Zhuo Wenjun, or Wen Jun, 卓文君 (1st century BC) was a Chinese woman poet of the Western Han dynasty.

As a young widow, Zhuo Wenjun eloped with the poet Sima Xiangru. The poem Bai Tou Yin (樂府, Song of White Hairs) which complains at the inconstancy of male love, is attributed to her.

2006-11-22 Keelung TPO

Keelung Temporary Post Office (TPO)
Name: Beauties of Ancient China - Empress Zhao Feiyan
TPO Open Date/Time: 2006 November 22rd(95.11.22) (9:00-12:00)
Cancellation Design: Woman

Empress Zhao Feiyan (趙飛燕) (c. 32 BC — 1 BC), formally Empress Xiaocheng (孝成皇后), was an empress during the Han Dynasty. Her husband was Emperor Cheng. She was known in the Chinese popular mindset more for her beauty than for the palace intrigue that she and her sister, the also beautiful Consort Zhao Hede engaged in, but unlike most of the famous beauties in Chinese history (such as the Four Beauties), she was often vilified by historians, deserved or not. She was often compared and contrasted with Yang Yuhuan, the beautiful concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, because she was known for her slender build while Yang was known for her full build. This led to the Chinese idiom yanshou huanfei (燕瘦環肥), describing (frequently in advertisement for sexual services) the range of the types of beauties.

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2006-11-21 Keelung TPO

Keelung Temporary Post Office (TPO)
Name: Beauties of Ancient China - Wang Zhaojun
TPO Open Date/Time: 2006 November 21st(95.11.21) (9:00-12:00)
Cancellation Design: Woman

Wang Zhaojun was born to a prominent family of Zigui country, Nan county (now Xingshan county, Hubei) in the south of the Western Han empire. She entered the harem of Emperor Yuan probably after 40 BC. During her time in the Lateral Courts, Wang Qiang was never visited by the emperor and remained as a palace lady-in-waiting.

In 33 BC, Hu Hanxie visited Chang'an on a homage trip, as part of the tributary system between the Han and Xiongnu. He took the opportunity to ask to be allowed to become an imperial son-in-law. Instead of honouring the chanyu with a princess, Hu Hanxie was presented with five women from the imperial harem, one of them who was Wang Zhaojun.

A story from the Hou Han Shu relates that Wang Zhaojun volunteered to join the chanyu. When summoned to court, her beauty astonished the emperor's courtiers and made the emperor reconsider his decision to send her to the Xiongnu.

Wang Zhaojun became a favourite of the Hu Hanxie chanyu, giving birth to two sons. Only one of them seems to have survived, Yituzhiyashi (伊屠智牙師). They also had at least one daughter, Yun (雲), who was created Princess Yimuo and who would later become a powerful figure in Xiongnu politics. When Hu Hanxie died in 31 BC, Wang Zhaojun requested to return to China. Emperor Cheng, however, ordered that she follow Xiongnu levirate custom and become the wife of the next chanyu, the oldest son of her husband. In her new marriage she had two daughters.
Wang was honoured as Ninghu Yanzhi (寧胡閼氏 "Hu-Pacifying Chief-Consort").

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