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Lantern Festival

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February 28th 2010
Sunday morning 28 February, we got up early, well 8am, to view the dragon dance for the Lantern Festival Day. We were told by the guys at Hubei University that the best display is conducted by the older retired university staff in the grounds of the Hubei University. Its was absolutely awesome to watch the Dragon dancing and deafening with the amount of crackers and fireworks that were let o ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more