China issues souvenir sheet to mark 160th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth-Xinhua - 新华网

BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- China Post on Thursday issued a souvenir sheet commemorating the 160th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen, with a planned issuance of 3.2 million copies.

Designed in an oil-painting style with a delicate, vivid portrayal of Sun, the souvenir sheet also bears his inscription "Tian Xia Wei Gong," a four-character classical Chinese phrase that means pursuing the common good for all.

The souvenir sheet, with a face value of 6 yuan (about 0.89 U.S. dollars), will be sold at designated postal outlets nationwide and via online sales channels. It will remain on sale for six months.

Born in 1866, Sun led the Revolution of 1911 more than a century ago to abolish the absolute monarchy that had ruled China for thousands of years. Sun died in 1925. ■