Singing Sand Mountain #5
Dunhuang, China
2016
The more poetic name I came up with for this image, based on what made it catch my eye, is Mid-Autumn Festival Moon. I took this during the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday in China, which falls on a full moon. It is a time when people get together with family for a reunion, prayer, and giving thanks for the harvest. Special moon cakes are shared for the occasion. It’s sort of like a Chinese version of Thanksgiving in the U.S. It is the second-most important holiday of the year, after Tết.
This is gorgeous. Larry! I love the abstract design and the feeling of texture!
Thanks Kathy. This is one of my favorites from the trip, so far. (I’ve only seriously reviewed a small fraction of the approx. 2,000 photos I took on the trip.)