​900-year-old Chinese artwork celebrated in new stamps set

A philatelist in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, holds his new set of stamps. The nine-set collection is based on a famous 900-year-old Chinese painting called "A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains". The actual painting, by Wang Ximeng, is almost 12 meters long and illustrates mountains, architecture, people and animals along rivers. [Photo: IC]