A Secret World of Discovery

Colorful historical scene from a Costa Rican banknote, showing the cultural heritage and traditions of a country. (Image © Meredith Mullins.)

What can we learn from this work of art?
Image photo by Meredith Mullins

Cultural Heritage and Traditions Revealed

Countries reveal their cultural heritage and traditions through art, dress, storytelling, history, heroes, architecture, monuments, museums, language, music, products, and leaders.

They are also proud to present their natural treasures such as flora, fauna, and other gifts of nature.

Great wall of China on Chinese banknote, showing cultural heritage and traditions of China. (Image © Meredith Mullins.)

Natural and human-made treasures
Image photo by Meredith Mullins

What do these two images have in common?

Both of the images are from a country’s currency (paper money). The colorful coffee harvest scene appears on a five-colon bill (now out of circulation) from Costa Rica.

The drawing of the Great Wall of China appears on the one-yuan Chinese note. (China, by the way, was the first country to use paper currency, back in the Tang Dynasty.)