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... lanterns for the final nights of the great festival , the nights around the fifteenth day of the first month . The more ingenious the lantern , the higher the prestige of the family who shows it . So we find thousands of types of ...
... lanterns for the final nights of the great festival , the nights around the fifteenth day of the first month . The more ingenious the lantern , the higher the prestige of the family who shows it . So we find thousands of types of ...
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Wolfram Eberhard. lanterns , more innovations and new fashions ev- ery year . There is a " lantern market " also , where the traditional lanterns are sold , but to have a new lantern of original design is a matter of pride . There are ...
Wolfram Eberhard. lanterns , more innovations and new fashions ev- ery year . There is a " lantern market " also , where the traditional lanterns are sold , but to have a new lantern of original design is a matter of pride . There are ...
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... lantern festival beneath a moon brighter than all the lanterns conclude the New Year's festival - after well over a month of ceremonies , pageants , and fetes . The Chinese thus pass through a cycle of purification that begins with the ...
... lantern festival beneath a moon brighter than all the lanterns conclude the New Year's festival - after well over a month of ceremonies , pageants , and fetes . The Chinese thus pass through a cycle of purification that begins with the ...
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the new years festival 3 | 3 |
the dragonboat festival | 69 |
the midautumn festival | 97 |
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