Have you ever considered how many gates we walk through in a lifetime? Perhaps not. But behind each gate, there can lie a family, a community, a society, a country – or even the past and the future. Here we are now, standing in front of a "gate" that is about to open. Ahead of us, beyond this gate, is a futuristic vision of perhaps ancient China's most splendid era – the Tang Dynasty (618-907), a time of embrace and inclusivity, of prosperity and sublimity, of grandeur and vitality. Together, let's open the "gate."