A series of ancient murals are found in monasteries in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan. [Photo/ China News Service]

Archeologists have discovered a series of cultural relics in monasteries located in the Tibetan prefecture of southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to report from China News Service.

Murals created in the early Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644) and other cultural relics were found in Jinchuan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan, according to local culture bureau.

Portraits of Nyamed Sherab Gyaltsen, ancient religious master who revived Bon Religion, the primitive religion of Tibet, and a cluster of murals about the Guardians of religious doctrine, were discovered in Xuankong Temple in Maerbang Township, Jinchuan County.

"From the artistic feature, we can say that they were painted in early Ming Dynasty," said Professor Wen Yucheng, leader of the archeologist team.

In Chamdo Monastery, a temple of Bon religion built in Sawajiao Township of Jinchuan County, Professor Wen identified the age of an unearthed monument.

According to the two lines of mantra inscribed on the surface, it might be made during 14th or 15th century, said Wen.

Wen is an expert famous for research in Buddhist Archaeology, and he embarked on his second field study in the Tibetan inhabited areas in Sichuan this July.

(Kunkyap Dorje from China News Service contributed to this report.)