Songzanlin Monastery

Yunnan · China

Songzanlin Monastery, China
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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April to October
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The largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Yunnan, its gilded halls stacked on a hillside above Shangri-La. Often called a little Potala, it houses monks, murals, and treasures behind whitewashed walls.

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