Art & Places: Shikumen in Old-Day Postcard Book, Shanghai
I like to buy painted postcards from places that I went to and during my recent trip to Shanghai, I found a gem; a book of painted postcards entitled Shikumen in Old-Day Shanghai, painted by Ye Xiong, a native of Chongming, Shanghai. I picked it up and paid instantly.
I am not familiar with Ye Xiong but I learned about him when I bought this postcard book. Ye Xiong is a multiple award-winning artist and has attained The Best Work Award twice, the National Book Award and the Bing Xin Child Literature Book Award once each. He is currently the Vice President of Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy, Institute of Democratic League.
This book has a set of a dozen postcards that feature beautiful paintings of Shikumen houses, one of the symbols of old-day Shanghai. The price is RMB18 and can be bought from Old Shanghai Market.
51 Comments
Mariuca
chop
Mariuca
Good morning Emila! Alamak, next time kalau I go travel someplace awesome, I will post u a post card from there, like how I sent Nessa a post card from London and one from AMsterdam, for her postcard koleksi! 🙂
emila
I wantt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Send me postcards, please!!
emila
Hehe lama tak dengar chop!
azah
saya pun nakk…! hihi. nyampuk. 😛
Best dapat poskad dari merata tempat.
emila
Nak? Kena jumpa Kak Emila dulu, nanti Kak Emila boleh beri Azah poskad dari temapt-tempat yang Kak Emila dah lawati. 😀
azah
Boleh nak jumpa. cuma bulan ni dan bulan depan,
agak busy dengan schedule. Bila nak pat jumpa kak emi ni..
hehehe 😀
azah
baru perasan, kat sini pun kak emi tukar ikon.
comel sangat! 😀
emila
Heheh syok sendiri…
emila
Nanti kalau Azah free, just buzz Kak Emi dekat twitter, k.
marvic
me just got a postcard from Australia posted by my BFF yg pegi cuti2 kat sana
marvic
happy sgt bila dpt..
marvic
ramai-ramai yg pegi oversea.. only she that managed htr that postcard.. suke sgt..perasaan tu rasa sungguh lain
marvic
and please include me in.. LOL
Syuq
Saya suka kumpul keychain, tapi ntah macam mana poskad pun ada banyak juga hehehe.. menarik juga k.em yer hantar poskad dari luar. Set ye! Nanti kita tukar2 😉
emila
Ok boleh!
emila
Hehe ok!
emila
Kak Emi sempat hantar masa di Italy sebab post office dia dekat dengan station bas. Di Korea, cari pejabat pos tak jumpa! Tanya budak-budak Korea, depa pun tak tahu di mana.
azah
ok kak!! 😀
azah
takde la.. lawa dan comel!
kan yassin yang snap. heheehe
marvic
Roni pegi Tokyo hari tu pon kata x jumpa post office.. LOL.. melepas postcard dr Tokyo
marvic
kat bangkok hari tu sempat lagi htr dua keping postcard utk diri sendiri.. LOL
marvic
me also collecting keychain.. and postcard
marvic
and lately start membeli fridge magnet plak..
marvic
so sebelum transfer balik ke kch, dah start nak beli fridge magnet sabah byk2.. hahaha
emila
kak Emi pun dah banya koleksi FM. Ada satu untuk Maria ni dari Shanghai.
emila
Kak Emi dapat postcard Maria dari Thailand dan KK. Ada tak illustrated postcards di KK? Hantar kat Kak Emi satu nanti ya.
marvic
chop chop
marvic
ada .. tp quite mahal but then sure will do.. lagipun pelukis dia pon ada nama.. nanti pegi check lagi
marvic
utk maria pon ada.. eh suka la.. hahaha..
marvic
nanti me bagi kak emi FM from KK ni plak.. 🙂
marvic
eh.. hari tu htr postcard dr KCH la.. not KK.. but KK will soon 🙂
emila
Ooo hehhe lupa!
Insyirah
chop chop chop
Insyirah
=)
mazny
I love this idea of posting a postcard to ourself! While I was in India, I tried to find some painted postcards. Tak ada! Pada hal dah google gambar poskad India sebelum pergi. Banyak yang cantik-cantik. (Or the bookstore guys couldn’t understand what I asked, lol)
mazny
I have a calendar postcard book of Thomas Kinkade :). Sesiapa nak tukar, boleh. Just lemme know, ya?
Lya
Saya pun. Suka sangat kumpul setem & poskad. So far dah ada beribu setem dari luar negara. Poskad terhad sebab hubby dah jarang outstation. Hu hu hu
Hazural
i love postcards too 😉 klau travel mna2 sma ada dlm atau luar negeri, mesti bli poskad n pos untuk diri sendiri dan kawan2 yg punya minat yang sama 🙂 pada sesiapa yang minat bleh kita tukar2 address…
Hazural
me too 😉
Rahiza
tak sangka ramai lagi peminat postcards 🙂 i have quite a collection too. ramai kawan2 rasa pelik coz at this digital era, i still suka postcard.
jaja
i do love collecting postcards too…
but my preferences is not about who is the artist…
i will buy the one that catch my eyes…
n this is the reason why i was here… 😀
hope u can make more malaysia postcards.. 😀
ainur roslan
travel and collect postcard..so interesting
Lya
Me too… Suka sgt postcards. Koleksi postcards Kak Em pun saya ada.. Ngeee
Lya
Dulu pernah ada cita2 jadi kartunis.. Tp xkesampaian..bila ku pkul poskad rs mcm terinspirasi nk melukis bagai..
Lya
Postcard lover 🙂
Libby
nampaknya peminat laman web cik emila pun minat kat postcard ya…huhhu
Libby
Lya boler joint postcrossing…nanti dapat banyak postcard dari luar negara
Libby
betul…kadang-kadang beli postcard kat kedai dalam kuantiti yang banyak..mesti kena interview oleh taukeh kedai…tanya kat kita ..beli banyak untuk jual ker..huhu..padahal kita nak guna jer..huhuh
Libby
bestnya……
Libby
betul….kat sini choice memang kurang…..kalau puan emilia boler teruskan usaha buat illustration lagi best….