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Travelogue: By Country | By Date China | July 2001  

 

The Yonge Gong was originally built as an imperial palace. In 1744 it was converted into a lamasery and became home to monks from Tibet and Mongolia. In 1979, the government fixed the place up and installed a few novice monks to demonstrate its liberal approach to religion. There's a couple museums designed to show the critical role of China in the development of Tibetan Buddhism and to show the historical justification of its claim to Tibet.

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