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570 Million Yuan to Preserve TAR'sRelics

China has launched a 570 million yuan($81.43 million) project to preserve 22 his-torical and cultural relics in the TAR. Of thefunds, 118 million yuan will go to the preser-vation of the 237,000-square-meterTashilhunpo Monastery. It consists of a mainchamber and six minor ones, 56 sutra hall,and more than 6,000 rooms for monks. It wasbnilt in 1447 and was the traditional residenceof Panchen Lamas.