As night descends like a velvet-blue curtain over the Lhasa River Valley, residents would stand on the ridge of the South Mountain Park, appreciating how Lhasa in Xizang gradually comes alive with lights across the river.

In the distance, the Potala Palace stands out in relief, its contours illuminated by golden beams. Along Beijing Road and Jiangsu Road, the city’s luminous belt flows like a river of stars, where orange streetlights form a winding constellation and car headlights streak past like fleeting meteors.