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PMR-D1176 
 People's Republic of China, Xining: refrigerated figures, modelled out of yak's butter, in Kumbum Monastery. The largest figure represents Guan Yin, goddess of mercy, here interpreted as a man. 
 Keywords: architecture, colourful, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, Buddhist

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
Collection: Travel
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PMR-D1176
Upload Date: 2013-05-02 04:16:25
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People's Republic of China, Xining: refrigerated figures, modelled out of

yak's butter, in Kumbum Monastery. The largest figure represents Guan Yin, goddess of mercy, here interpreted as a man.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, Buddhist