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A trip to Tibet that defied expectation

By Bruce Connolly | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-01-14 14:27
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Arable farming in the Yarlung Valley 2000 [Photo by Bruce Connolly/chinadaily.com.cn]

The destination was Yumbu La Gang, regarded as the first palace built in Tibet. This narrow towering structure, perched on a craggy ridge, resembles a small European castle. Now a temple, its foundations were apparently laid more than 2,000 years ago. It was quite a climb up a stone track to the structure where I stood looking out over the scene, particularly of fields that had been cultivated for generations. Again, it was so different to earlier views I had of Tibet. Some local people had gathered on a small square outside the temple buildings. A monk came out giving me a greeting of "Hello" and invited me inside its small hall almost filled with statues. Reluctantly I had to leave, following the path back down to a village where I stopped to watch a wall being built. People sang as they worked, something I noticed several times on this journey.

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