China Spends Much on Tibetan Relics Protection(2)

2008-04-23 10:09:56 [ Big Normal Small ]    　Comment

Photo taken on June 16, 2007 shows a lama carrying water at the Zhaxi Lhunbo Lamasery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. China has launched a 570 million yuan (81.43 million U.S. dollars) project to preserve 22 historical and cultural relics in the southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region. Of the funds, 118 million yuan will go to the preservation of the 237,000-square-meter Zhaxi Lhunbo Lamasery in Xigaze. It consists of a main palace and six minor ones, 56 sutra halls, and more than 6,000 rooms for monks. It was built in 1447 and was the traditional residence of Panchen Lamas. [Photo: Xinhua Photo]

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