August 5, 2006 - Buddhist temple decorated with small thangkas at Chöde Gompa Monastery in Litang in China's Sichuan province.
August 5, 2006 - Buddhist temple decorated with small thangkas at Chöde Gompa Monastery in Litang, Northern Sichuan (Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture). During Mao's Cultural Revolution destroyed, monasteries in the Tibetan parts of China are now being rebuilt as they have become quite lucrative destinations for the Chinese tourism industry.
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