Zhou Wuliang, a student graduated from Yunnan Normal University, recently sold 20,000 packs of playing cards that were printed with images of featuring landscapes taken from Chenggong University Town in Kunming.

On each pack of playing cards, an image of bell tower of Yunnan University was designed as big joker, and an image from Yunnan Normal University was created as little joker. Besides, the other 52 images completely taken from the Chenggong University Town by Zhou Wuliang himself formed a whole pack of cards.

"This kind of cards are almost out of stock now," Zhou said, "Only about 100 packs of playing cards are still left in hand." With price of 5 yuan per pack, his specially designed cards were sold very well.

Talking about the reason why Zhou Wuliang could conjure up designing such a pack of playing cards, he told the journalist: "A sudden car accident changed both my life and my minds. Originally, I could graduate from the university the year before this year. However, the car accident hurt me badly and pushed me to stay in a hospital for a year. Afterwards, I came around a concept that nothing is constant in this world, which propelled me to cherish present life a lot. "

So, after Zhou recovered from the hospital, he picked up a point-and-shoot camera and captured sceneries of the university town for half a month, and made the photos into a prototype of playing cards by computer.

"At the very beginning, I just want to make the cards for memorizing the past time I spent in the university town. However, my roommates occasionally watched the cards I designed in the computer, suggesting me to make more. " Therefore, Zhou Wuliang finally printed this kind of cards into 20,000 packs, and sold these cards at stalls or in small shops.

A university teacher Liang Xin highly valued the idea. She thinks the cards embody meanings of beautiful souvenir, and they're also cultural name cards, and historical records. Even if some day in future those sceneries of the universities disappear, this pack of cards still record memorable images, mirroring distinct characteristics of the times.

Some graduates from the university town also admitted that they bought this kind of cards out of memorizing their university life.