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Books by 槐巷守夜人
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Buddha's Light on the Wall 壁上佛光
Gobi winds and sandstorms swept over the Mogao Caves, while thousand-year-old murals blistered, cracked, and lost their color. Chen Yan set off for Dunhuang with a restoration team, fighting the ravages of time with the skill of his hands. From emergency treatment for blistered paint to restoring the original colors, they completed the ribbons of damaged flying apsaras amid the sandstorms and brought a golden glow back to the faded sutra illustrations. Along the way, they uncovered the thousand-
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Old Letters from Huai Alley 槐巷旧信
The old letters at the bottom of Grandma's camphorwood chest drew Chen Yan into the mist surrounding Huai Lane on the outskirts of the city. An envelope with no recipient, a white-haired old man knocking at midnight, and half a copper lock engraved with a moon pattern all pointed to the secret Grandma had buried here twenty years ago. When the old clock chimed on the night of the full moon and the walls of Huai Lane began to peel away, revealing cracks in time and space, she clutched the copper
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Stars Beneath the Inkstone: Ten Years of Ink Fragrance, Waiting for Someone to Return 砚底沉星：十年墨香，等一人归
In the rain-soaked lanes of Jiangnan, she has spent ten years in the Ink Studio, the most stubborn ink-maker of all. She grinds ink on a cold inkstone, stars hidden at its base. Clinging to a promise, she has spent ten years making ink and waiting for someone. The young man in a blue robe returns through the rain, his features unchanged, the scent of ink as familiar as ever. The Buddha says obsession cuts to the bone; the ink says the heart has found its home. After ten years of longing, at last
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