Many relics to be rebuilt by locals
By Lin Shujuan | China Daily | Updated: 2010-05-28 07:55
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Tibetans pass mani stone mounds destroyed in the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Yushu county of Qinghai province in this file photo. Many relics, including monasteries and other religious places like the Gyana mani stone mound in Sengza village of Yushu, were destroyed in the April quake. Huo Yan / China Daily |
BEIJING - Religious and ethnic considerations must be taken into account in the restoration of cultural relics damaged in the April 14 earthquake in a predominantly Tibetan-populated area bordering Qinghai and Sichuan provinces, the country's top relics protection authority said on Thursday.
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