The Kingdom of Tonga, whose territory is the whole of tonga islands, is located on the west side of international international date line, and is the first country in the world to start a new day. The archipelago consists of more than 170 islands with a land area of 747 square kilometers. Tabu Island, the largest island in Tonga, is the main island of tonga islands and the seat of Nuku 'alofa, the capital of Tonga.
Although Tonga has a small area, it is the only remaining hereditary kingdom in Polynesia and one of the oldest monarchies in the world. It is said that tonga islands was inhabited in the 5th century BC, but it was not until 16 16 that Dutch and British navigators successively landed on the island. The islanders are kind and lovely, and they are very friendly to outsiders. Some people simply call her "Friendship Island".
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Tonga's artistic products are also different from other countries. In addition to high production skills, the biggest feature is that the appearance is simple and bright. Generally speaking, they pay more attention to appearance than color decoration. Most of the patterns on artworks are geometric figures. Tonga's works of art also include ivory carvings and wood carvings depicting his grandfather, but almost all the statues are women, less than 50 cm tall.
Tonga's stamps are very distinctive and are known as "alien". 1886 Tonga began to issue stamps, and 1963 began to issue special-shaped stamps. Over the past 30 years, Tonga has issued many strange stamps, including coin-shaped, heart-shaped, watch-shaped, pole vault-shaped, medal-shaped, sitting plate-shaped, South Pacific-shaped, concave heart-shaped Germany, about 50 kinds.
In the early 1980s, Tonga resumed issuing conformal stamps. Today, Tonga issues 7-8 sets of stamps every year, and its island Niue Fukushima issues about 5 sets. The themes of stamps are mostly related to domestic affairs and major international commemorative activities. Tonga Post Office has a Philatelic Section to provide new stamps, serviced tickets, first day covers, stamps and other philatelic products to collectors.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-tonga islands