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The Parkhang Houses over 200,000 blocks engraved with Tibetan literature, history, medicine and religious writing, making it the cultural heart of Tibet. The printing house is in a traditional temple, which was restored in 1991.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 24.4 Mpixels (69.8 MB uncompressed) - 6048x4032 pixels (20.2x13.4 in / 51.2x34.1 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: architecture, artisans, Asia, blocks, building, Chamagudao, China, Chinese, cultural, Dege, dye, history, houses, landscape, literature, medicine, men, paint, Parkhang, people, pillars, printed, printers, printing, red, religion, religious, Shangri-La, stain, support, Tea Horse Road, temple, texts, Tibetan, wood block, works, writing
