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Morgan’s Essay 038 – Ningxia: Helan Mountains, Western Xia Tombs, Shuidonggou


Zhangjiajie — photo by Hanlu Cao, accompanying poem "Morgan's Essay 038 - Ningxia: Helan Mountains, Western Xia Tombs, Shuidonggou"
Photo: Hanlu Cao · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

At dawn I watch the sunrise,
From Helan's gap I gaze at the sky,
Li Yuanhao in the Western Xia tomb,
The founding emperor a thousand years gone.

In Shuidonggou ruins remain,
Northwest winds and yellow earth.