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The Lantern Festival in Tang Dynasty Chang'an
唐代长安的元宵灯会
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Every year on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month, Chang'an transformed into a city of light and poetry.每年农历正月十五夜晚，长安化身为一座灯火与诗篇交织的城市。
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Families gathered in the broad avenues where silk lanterns glowed with painted scenes of immortals and rivers.家家户户齐聚宽阔街巷，丝绸灯笼上绘着仙人与江河，柔光流转。
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Scholars composed verses beneath willow-lined streets while musicians played pipa and guqin in open courtyards.文人墨客在垂柳掩映的街道下吟诗作赋，乐师于敞阔庭院中弹奏琵琶与古琴。
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Foreign envoys from Sogdiana and Persia watched masked dancers perform stories older than their own kingdoms.来自粟特与波斯的外国使节，观赏戴面具的舞者演绎比自己王国更古老的故事。
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The emperor hosted banquets on the palace terrace, offering sweet glutinous rice balls to symbolize family unity.皇帝在宫苑高台设宴，奉上甜糯汤圆，寓意阖家团圆。
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Street vendors sold candied hawthorn and steamed buns as children chased paper dragons through fragrant incense smoke.街头小贩叫卖糖葫芦与蒸馒头，孩童追逐纸扎龙灯，穿行于袅袅香烟之中。
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Monks from nearby temples lit floating lotus lamps on the Wei River to honor departed ancestors.近郊寺庙僧人于渭河放流莲花灯，以缅怀先人。
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This festival blended Daoist cosmology, Buddhist merit-making, and imperial spectacle in one vibrant urban ritual.这一节庆融汇道家宇宙观、佛教积福法与帝王盛典，成就一场鲜活的城市仪式。
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No other capital in the eighth century staged such a deliberate fusion of faith, art, and civic joy.八世纪的任何都城，皆未如此刻意融合信仰、艺术与市民欢愉。
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Even today, lantern festivals across Asia echo rhythms first choreographed in Tang Chang'an.直至今日，亚洲各地的灯会仍回响着唐代长安最初编排的韵律。