I found a very interesting old Chinese souvenir — a cut of a tree with a picture and old unreadable hieroglyphs.
The history of this Chinese souvenir goes back to the mid-50s of the twentieth century.
It was at this time that the Soviet Union actively cooperated with the People’s Republic of China.
Specialists of various profiles went to China from the USSR to help their Chinese comrades.
One of these specialists was a woman who brought this souvenir — a picture on a cut of a tree — to the USSR after the end of her business trip.
As I already noted, this souvenir from China was brought in the 50-60s of the twentieth century and in the 70s it went to the current owner.
A souvenir from China was traditional for that time — a saw cut of a tree with a painted Chinese landscape. It was a bridge over a mountain gorge. On the bridge — two people, below, on the road to the bridge — another person — a Chinese carrying some object under his arm.
It is interesting that in the right upper part there is a hieroglyphic inscription that modern Chinese could not read.
According to the Chinese who tried to read the inscription, these were hieroglyphs that had long been out of use.
On the reverse side of the souvenir is a paper label also with hieroglyphs.
A photo of a souvenir and an inscription was sent to China, but they could not read the hieroglyphs there.
The mysterious inscriptions most likely carry the sayings of some Chinese sage, but what exactly is unclear.
By the way, the woman who brought the souvenir with unreadable hieroglyphs came from China when the PRC and the USSR were in peace, friendship and cooperation.
