Lantern Festival Tom Sharp

In Hangzhou they keep the lanterns lit for three or five nights. The bright moon is like frost, shining on people like a painting. The sound of a flute, the smell of spices, it doesn’t get better than that. People in Mizhou are old farmers, more relaxed than in Hangzhou. The lanterns are dim, the air is cold, dew falls on us like frost. A frozen mist hangs over the fields.