1300-Year-Old City ‘Dukezong’

Photo taken on Feb. 1, 2012 shows a view of Dukezong ancient city of Shangri-la County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Meaning “Moonlight City” in the Tibetan language, Dukezong has been a city in which merchants came to do businesses long ago. Protection work have been intensified in recent years to the ancient city that has a history of more than 1,300 years. <Photo: Xinhua/Lin Yiguang>

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