Construction workers tamp the Aga clay at Pingcuolin Monastery in Shigtse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, photo from China Tibet Online.Aga clay is a kind of soil formed in drought grassland in the temperate zone, used for building prayer wheel corridors, passage and top floor in Tibetan-style architecture.
Construction workers tamp the Aga clay at Pingcuolin Monastery in Shigtse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, photo from China Tibet Online.Aga clay is a kind of soil formed in drought grassland in the temperate zone, used for building prayer wheel corridors, passage and top floor in Tibetan-style architecture.
Built in 1615 in Pingcuolin Township of Shigtse Prefecture, Pingcuoling Monastery has been inscribed as an important cultural relic site under state protection in southwestern part of China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR).
