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                                        | Gorgeous butter sculpture in Kumbum Monastery 2011-02-21 |  
                                        | An annual exhibition of butter sculptures, the grandest of its kind in the country, was held on Feb. 17 in Tar Monastery, a prominent monastery in Qinghai Province, attracting about 150,000 pilgrims and visitors. |  | 
                                
                                
                                  
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                                        | Gorgeous butter sculptures   2011-01-21 |  
                                        | Butter sculpture is one of the three famous ancient Tibetan Buddhist traditions of Kumbum Monastery. |  | 
                                
                                
                                  
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                                        | Jade Statue of vPhags-pa  2007-12-06 |  
                                        | vPhags-pa Blo-gros-rgyal-mtshan(1235-1280),was the fifth generation forefather of the Sa-skya-pa Sect of Tibetan Buddhism.He was also a famous religious leader,politician, and scholar in the Yuan Dynasty. |  | 
                                
                                
                                  
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                                        | Ivory Scripture Binders  2007-12-06 |  
                                        | Most Tibetan books and records are composed of unbound pages and wrapped with cloth, silk or brocade. Two pieces of scripture binders are used to press them from both sides. |  | 
                                
                                    
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