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    name: Peter Molnar
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lang: en
published: '2016-04-13T22:35:22+00:00'
tags:
- lampions
- People's Republic of China
- Chengdu
- Spirited Away
- Sichuan
- abandoned
- night
- China
- ancient china
- street
- 成都
title: Jinli Street at night 2

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![](jinli-street-at-night-2.jpg)

Jinli Street in Chengdu - this is how a shopping mall could have been
2000 years ago. If you decide to visit this place, go late, on a
weekday, preferably afte rain; otherwise it's packed with hordes of
tourists and locals.