Potala Palace restoration project commences with local community involvement

At around 8 am on Thursday, hundreds of residents queued up in long lines to take part in the painting at the entrances of the palace carrying buckets and other painting ingredients. They consider their involvement in the painting to be an honor.

Every year after the rainy season, around the ninth month according to the Tibetan calendar, the palace carries out its annual facelift painting project, and many locals gather to be volunteers.