Shelley Posted September 14, 2015 at 09:08 PM Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 at 09:08 PM I was given this little book today. it has a picture of a dragon drawn on one side of the paper and some text on the other side. I have been trying to work out what it is about. I have got this far, First column : qi 旂 banner, flag you 游 ji 纪 youji travel notes nian 念 souvenir Second column: 通 tong open, notify, tell 闗 guan surname 文 wen language, surname 牒 die official document Third column: 長 zhang elder ? ? 遠 yuan distant 門 men (with yuan) distant travels The characters represented by the ? are the ones I am having trouble with, strange because they are so simple but I can't find anything that makes sense. So is it someone called Guan Wen's official notification document? Perhaps a souvenir of distant travels? This is new territory for me I haven't tried something like this before. I have attached a scan of the cover with this text, and purely for context and perhaps for interest, the inside of the little booklet. Thanks for any help. DB1.pdf DB2.pdf DB3.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted September 14, 2015 at 09:36 PM Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 at 09:36 PM That character's 安， as in 长安.Note too that's 旅游纪念.And 通关文牒 was an ancient type of passport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted September 14, 2015 at 09:44 PM Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 at 09:44 PM So it is 安 I thought so but was not sure. So its like a passport but perhaps something done as a modern day souvenir? This looks like it will be interesting. I will have a go at the rest, see how I get on. Thanks 889. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsxlm Posted September 15, 2015 at 07:47 AM Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 at 07:47 AM 通關文牒長安安遠門佳期盛年 良辰穀旦 有朋遠來 光臨西安 安遠雄關 笳鼓竟喧乃登城垣 隍池周環 乃入醮樓 以眺市廛 東遊灞塬 半坡巍然秦陵拜瞻 軍俑桓桓 洗塵溫泉 華清飲宴 楊妃回眸 情愫綿綿躋彼雁塔 遙望終南 碑林瀏覽 翰墨雲煙 九十其儀 佳賓盡歡謹具關牒 永思永念 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted September 15, 2015 at 09:33 AM Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 at 09:33 AM @gsxim thank you for your effort, it is helpful to have this to confirm my efforts. i wasn't expecting anyone to do the whole thing, I was just asking for help with the title, but this is great, thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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