To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream. (Lafcadio Hearn)

To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream.

Lafcadio Hearn

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