1995-03, The Dinghu Mountain《鼎湖山》

Stamp Title: The Dinghu Mountain
Scott No: 2554, 2555, 2556, 2557
Serial number: 1995-3
Values in set: 4
(4-1), Oasis on the Tropic of Cancer, 15 fen, 52*31mm
(4-2), Forest on the Bottom of Gully, 20 fen, 52*31mm
(4-3), Evergreen Broadleaf Forest, 20 fen, 52*31mm
(4-4), Sliver Pheasant, 230 fen, 52*31mm
Date of issue: February 18, 1995
Designers: Wang Zhenhua
Size: 52*31mm
Perforation: 12
Sheet composition: 40
Printing process: offset

The Dinghu Mountain is located on the outskirts of Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province in South China, and at the Tropic of Cancer, which has warm and moisture climate with tree coverage rate reaching more than 80 percent. The whole Tropic of Cancer is mainly deserts and dry grassland except the Dinghu Mountain, which has dense primeval forests, and is known as an oasis of the desert belt of the Tropic of Cancer. In 1956, the first Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) approved a resolution to establish the country’s first batch of nature reserves including the Dinghu Mountain. In 1979, the Dinghu Nature Reserve was listed into the Man and Nature Biosphere by the United Nations.

The Dinghu Mountain Nature Reserve covers 113 hectares with many types of vegetation. Included are subtropics monsoon evergreen broadleaf forest, subtropics broadleaf forest, valley rain forest, coniferous forest, mixed broadleaf and coniferous forest and shrubs. The monsoon broadleaf forest has a history of more than 400 years and has kept intact in the South Asian forest. Rich in fauna and flora resources, the Dinghu Mountain has 1,700 high-grade plant species including ford erythropheum and wild Litchi, rare trees listed for the state top protection, relic species including cyathea spinulosa and cycas, and rare plants such Dinghu Chinese ilex, as well as a large amount of birds and animals. The forests in the Dinghu Mountain are unique in the world and still keep their primitive feature. They are the most valuable natural forests in the study and recognition of the inter pattern and other aspects of the ecological balance of the nature. With an approval of the State Council, the Dinghu Mountain Nature Reserve has become an international research base, which has aroused the interest of the international science circle.

The Dinghu Mountain is also a Well-known Chinese sacred place of Buddhism. It has the Bai Yun (white cloud) Temple built in the Tang dynasty (618), and the Qing Yun Temple in the Ming Dynasty amidst the natural subtropics evergreen broadleaf forest.

1995年特种邮票《鼎湖山》
国家邮政局1995年2月18日发行《鼎湖山》特种邮票1套4枚。
（4-1）T 鼎湖山·北回归线上的绿洲 15分 2667.75万枚
（4-2）T 鼎湖山·沟谷雨林 20 分 4199.75万枚
（4-3）T 鼎湖山·季风常绿阔叶林 20 分 4199.75万枚
（4-4）T 鼎湖山·白鹇（xian） 230分 2601.75万枚

志号名称：1995-3T
版别：胶印
整版枚数：40 枚
全套面值：2.85元
邮票规格：52 × 31 毫米
齿孔度数：12 度
设计者：王振华
印制机构：河南省邮电印刷厂

鼎湖山位于广东肇庆东北18公里，是岭南四大名山这一，为佛教圣地，旅游热点。
建国后第一个自然保护区就诞生这里。区内生物资源异常丰富，多样的生态和丰富的植物，为兽类、鸟禽提供了充足的食源和栖息环境，其中有22种动物被列为重点保护对象。保护区分布着1843种野生高等植物，其中列入我国植物红皮书的植物就有12种。