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         		 On the 3rd floor there is the workshop. 6 or 7 pairs of workers ink the blocks and press the paper on them with amazing speed. They have a key role in preserving Tibetan culture and believes, which have been threathened over the ages by both China and the old Western empires. : by dege, Views[215]
         		 Pilgrims come here from all over the country for prayer and worship. They circambulate the Scriptures temple counting their steps through the beads in their hands. : by dege, Views[267]
     
    Derge gGon Chen monastery was founded in 1446 by Yogis Hang Stong Rgyal Po and the first local king Bo. It doubled as palace for the kings, but is most famous for being one of the cradles of Tibetan Buddhist study and practice.: by dege, Views[549]
         		 The library with more than 140,000 printing blocks is a large collection of national cultural relics and 830 books consisting of 10000 volumes. The last surviving copy of an old history of Indian Buddhism is amongst them.
         		 Dege is the hidden Eastern door to an invaluable treasure of wooden printing blocks with Tibetan Buddhist texts in the ancient Tibetan province of Kham. Much less famous than Lhasa, it is the silent guardian of spiritual culture in Tibet. : by dege, Views[291]
         		 Down smaller alleys, things are quieter and customers few and far between. There's plenty of time to catch up on the news, even if it's 18 hours old.: by urbansafari, Views[188]
         		 Some hawkers have more permanent establishments, with custom-made work areas and modified equipment.: by urbansafari, Views[209]
     
    Utensils are created from available resources, and work just as well.: by urbansafari, Views[191]
         		 Many hawkers work long nights by the light of a single bulb. Food-handling regulations aren't as stringent as in Australia.: by urbansafari, Views[237]
         		 A little pub where they played underground music with a picture of the Chairman Mao. In the last years some hutongs have become the meeting point for underground musicians and artists in Beijing: by giuliaf, Views[218]
         		 Another everyday scene in Bejing, old men playing checkers, in improvised places and with spectators who watch each move and comment on them: by giuliaf, Views[513]
         		 This is a typical scene in Bejing, I've seen men carrying much bigger trailers.: by giuliaf, Views[218]
     
    This was a little girl playing in the streets, I asked her parents if I could take a picture at her, and they were so delighted that they also took my camera and shot a picture of me and her together: by giuliaf, Views[185]
         		 A man offers to drive people home: by photogarret, Views[387]
         		 Two men talk as they finish work: by photogarret, Views[380]
         		 A boy holding a balloon: by photogarret, Views[427]
         		 Two women chatting on a break: by photogarret, Views[332]
     
    A couple waiting for a bus: by photogarret, Views[338]
         		 Night time is when the amazing food vendors show up. Her bread was delicious.: by alexis, Views[219]
         		 These are the most resourceful men. They are playing with chalk and orange peels: by alexis, Views[319]
         		 He is so proud of his work. I watched as he skinned and gutted this chicken.: by alexis, Views[225]
         		 These dudes are second graders. This is right before their English lesson.: by alexis, Views[204]
     
    This is Gabe. He is full of spunk. I am greeted early by his cute face.: by alexis, Views[199]
         		 One of the last set of women to have her feet bound, she crawls around the courtyard on her hands and knees when she thinks she is alone. In her 80s now, her bound feet are still painful. In younger days she was known locally for her skill as a paper cutter. Here, with a chopped-off fingertip (farming accident) and a giant tumor in her wrist, she takes scissors and slices through a delicate sheet of paper for the first time in many years. : by skj, Views[611]
         		 Many peasants in this village raise sheep to sell for their wool and meat. Obedient creatures, the sheep are let out of their pens once a day to run circles around the village paths for a spot of exercise. : by skj, Views[403]
         		 Young Pan-Pan, like most village children, begins her day before dawn with a list of chores. She walks to her family’s plot of farmland to harvest alfalfa for their sheep to eat. As the sun crests the horizon, she is on her way back home now, her small feet pressing deep into the earth with the weight of her load. : by skj, Views[364]
         		 Photo of Me, taken in Tiger Leaping Gorge (China): by walidrsd, Views[801]
     
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