The air crackles with anticipation as a festive buzz echoes through an ancient city.
Forget the winter chill β the desert oasis of Dunhuang, jewel of Northwest China's Gansu province, and gateway to the Silk Road, is ablaze with light and life.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, Dunhuang is celebrating in spectacular style with a dazzling Lantern Festival, offering an immersive journey into the heart of its ancient glory. Just like the scene described in the Old Book of Tang, an official dynastic history of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), horses and carriages flow like dragons, merchants gather like clouds; for the Lantern Festival's exhibits of lanterns, Chang'an (modern-day Xi'an and the capital of the Tang Dynasty) ranks
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