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Ever heard of Postcrossing Ambassadors? They’re members who go the extra mile to spread the word about the project to help it grow, writing articles on newspapers or magazines, giving interviews to TV stations or organizing events to popularize the hobby, among many other remarkable contributions.

Jifeng (aka shijifeng) from China, is one of our most enthusiastic ambassadors, and this summer he was involved in the organization of a huge art exhibition + event that is all about postcards and Postcrossing!

Postrip — Post a word, mark the world” is the name of this fantastic exhibition that is currently being shown in Shanghai, celebrating postcards as a way of connecting the world, sharing memories and creating travel mementos. The exhibition features postcards, sketches, souvenirs and travel journals from five local postcrossers (arlynab, shijifeng, SuzyLiu, uranusreborn, wangjiayimike). Their items were beautifully put together in displays, which were then surrounded by their testimonials, as well as explanations on how Postcrossing works.

Have a look:

Postrip exhibition overview Postrip wall Postrip displays Postrip wall and displays Postrip wall and displays

Isn’t it just stunning? The care and attention to detail on these walls and displays is awe-inspiring.

Pulling off something like this would be enough to make anyone proud… but Jifeng decided to push it a bit further, and used the occasion of the exhibition to organize also a meetup, postcard fair and set of talks about Postcrossing, in which the five postcrossers who participated in the exhibition were invited to tell the stories behind the postcards they chose to display.

As an added bonus, a special themed postcard was printed, and Shanghai Post even created a cancellation mark for the occasion so that postcrossers could send their commemorative cards with it. The event took place this past Saturday (July 15th), and judging by the photos, it was a huge success!

Postrip event + meetup Postrip event + meetup Postrip event + meetup

Hurray! 🎉 Though the event is now over, you can still visit the exhibition until September 24th, on Shanghai Mass Art Centre (125 Guyi Rd, Xuhui Qu, Shanghai). If you’re in the area, don’t miss it!

Our huge thank you to Jifeng for doing all of this — but also to arlynab, SuzyLiu, uranusreborn and wangjiayimike for their collaboration both in the event and the exhibition. It sounds like a brilliant team effort, and we hope it will inspire other postcrossers to follow their lead! 😊

55 comments so far

Mosshumla, Sweden

Wow - that was some great work, Jifeng and the others did! I wish, I'd live in the area to have the opportunity to visit the exhibition.
But who knows - maybe one of the postcrossers at the meeting happened to draw my address. I'll watch my mailbox even more eagerly than usual, hoping to receive a postcard from Shanghai.

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Geminiscp, Portugal

Amazing work!! Well done! :)

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wangjiayimike, China

the exhibition is really great and interested, appealing a lot of students. I was so delighted to be one of the talkers. Many thanks to Jifeng and other members' organizing, an amzaing Saturday afternoon!

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johnstonearth, China

Thanks again to Shishu (shijifeng) & others for organising this event!
There were such a huge turnout and good spirits in the air, even three types of meet-up postcards were printed to 'commemorate' the day!

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Luziaceleste, Brazil

Postcrossing makes our lives very happy and special,all around the globe. This event is a proof on how motivated postcrossers are. Certainly very inspiring inniciative. Congrats Jifeng and team!

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DianeM, United States of America

Fantastic!

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ConstantGardener, United States of America

WOW!!!!!!! What a wonderful site to see!!!!!! That is AWESOME!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

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CathyFay, United States of America

Wonderful exhibit! Thanks for sharing.

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rosenbusch, Germany

Great!!!

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mounten, Italy

Absolutely great event, Thanks for sharing. I'm waiting for a meeting up postcard from one of you Thank you. Congratulation!!!

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Jacque53, United States of America

Wow......absolutely stunning!!! I would love to see this beautiful exhibit!!! A big thank you to everyone who helped in this event!!!

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Helenisframed11, Australia

A great exhibition, well done to all concerned.

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Eels, China

Amazing event!:)

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Bookhuntress, United States of America

What a terrific exhibit and care to show people what Postcrossing is all about!

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canoesoul, China

! Well done!

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Adilauci, Indonesia

So cool. Awesome !

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mikel101, United States of America

amazing!!!!

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hajhs_tigers, United States of America

Impressive!

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maleko, United States of America

This exhibition looks absolutely spectacular, and it sounds like the meetup event was a great success! So very inspiring!

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lyingchen, China

That's awesome! Well done!!

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iphoto, Australia

So COOL😎 ... would 💚 to be able to attend. WELL DONE❣️to our Fab Five Postcrossers 💌

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Tinangel13, United Kingdom

What an amazing achievement! Well done to all those involved, just WOW!

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sophie54, Netherlands

Marvelous exhibition, the displays are stunning. You did a great job Jifeng.

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fisherman, Ireland

What a wonderful exhibition - Congratulations on a great effort

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NIDUSKA, Finland

really nice

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martha66, Netherlands

How wonderful, this is what Postcrossing is all about, bringing people together. Great job!!!!!!

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harrickson, United States of America

Kudos!

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marica_t, United States of America

Very impressive! :)

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Sidolix, Germany

Great Job and nice Exhibition !
XIE XIE NI

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anandamardeep, India

Loved to go through the details and pictures of this event. Great learning spirit and dedication of the dear postcrossing members out there. :) Congratulations and all the best for the future.

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jm1122, United States of America

This is incredible! I wish I could see it in person!

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Scarlet43232, United States of America

Amazing! Great job with organizing such a huge event! I wish I could have been there to see it in person. Many happy postcrossings, Everyone!

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jolsen42, United States of America

Beautiful exhibition-- well done!!

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elikoa, Singapore

This is fantastic! What a great idea! Well done!!!

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borntoorganize, United States of America

Congratulations on this terrific effort. I would love to attend something like this. Your displays are beautiful as well.

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juliaclaire, United States of America

Wish I was in Shanghai so I could go check out the exhibit!

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elammons, United States of America

Great job! The exhibition looks amazing!

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GoCindy, United States of America

Well done. Thank you for sharing!

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Santi, Spain

Brilliant!

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teamug, Germany

In my family we also noticed Jifeng's generosity and enthusiasm about postcrossing, as my daughter "pumpin" often receives cards from various meetings from him.
He is a five-star-postcrosser!*****
Thanks for sharing that!

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AugustoAssis, Brazil

It's an amazing event showing Chinese Postcrossers' extraordinary sense of organization and management! Congratulations!!!

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arlynab, China

Thanks to Shi Jifeng for getting this off the ground!

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Luciano, Brazil

Congratulations!!!

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clutsche, Germany

Chapeau Jifeng!!!

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werewegian, United Kingdom

The exhibition looks amazing! Congratulations :)

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Knerq, United States of America

Wow! So awesome!

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sienemien, Belgium

Hallo Shi, I just read this on the postcrossing site. Congratulations with the exhibition, you're a great ambassador for postcrossing! it's a pity I'm living so far away from you, otherwise I should come and watch the exhibition. Big hug, Sien

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emmahyuk, China

I received this card yesterday and it made my day brightly. Many thanks to the designers and the organisers.

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Flippie, Canada

How great! Congratulations with the exhibition. Now I'm hoping that someone send me the special card! Thanks.

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Xiaona0709, China

Happy to meet friends here. :) It's my honor to take part in the activity.
Thanks,

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happydayout, New Zealand

I really loved reading about this, what a fabulous ambassador for Postcrossing! 😉

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beesknees, United States of America

very cool

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Samarita, China

Welcome to Shanghai.I'm glad that I 'm a 'Shanghainese '
Hope you have found what you like in Shanghai.

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akalle, Sweden

Oh I got a card from that exhibition, thank you

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jelikweyh, Malaysia

congrats for the great job , jifeng and team .

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