Buildings redone at Buddhist academy

Reconstruction of buildings at a prominent Tibetan Buddhist academy in Sichuan province is meant to eliminate security and health risks, and to turn it into a formal academy, a local official said.

"We've adopted various methods to improve the messy surroundings of Wuming Buddhist Academy of the Larong Temple and have seen very good results," Yeshe Dawa, director of the Department of Civil Affairs of Sichuan province, told China Daily.

"The final aim is to turn it into a formal Buddhist academy" he said. "We're not going to demolish it as some rumors have said."