摘要
On a cool weekend in mid-October,an eager group of 12 boarded a small bus for a four-hour drive to the western edge of Hebei a province neighboring Beijing.Their destination was Nuanquan Town,or Warm Spring Town,with its ancient walled villages dating from the Ming(1368-1644)and Qing(1644-1911)dynasties,relatively untouched by the influence of modem redevelopment They were traveling for a weekend of learning how to make traditional paper lanterns.
