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Photo shows brass cymbals from the Bore Monastery in Sershul County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the west most part of southwest China's Sichuan Province. These cymbals are dated back to the Xuande Emperor's time in 1420s when China was the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), according to the Chinese characters carved on the cymbals. They are religious music instruments used twice a year before and during Losar (Tibetan New Year) on religious rituals to ward off evil spirits and pray for auspiciousness. [Photo/China Tibet Online]

Photo shows brass cymbals from the Bore Monastery in Sershul County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the west most part of southwest China's Sichuan Province. These cymbals are dated back to the Xuande Emperor's time in 1420s when China was the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), according to the Chinese characters carved on the cymbals. They are religious music instruments used twice a year before and during Losar (Tibetan New Year) on religious rituals to ward off evil spirits and pray for auspiciousness. [Photo/China Tibet Online]  

Photo shows brass bells from the Bore Monastery in Sershul County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the west most part of southwest China's Sichuan Province. They are religious music instruments used twice a year before and during Losar (Tibetan New Year) on religious rituals to ward off evil spirits and pray for auspiciousness. [Photo/China Tibet Online]

Photo shows an ivory rosary with 108 beads said to be dated back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It is consecrated in the Bore Monastery as a sacred religious item instead of an instrument often used by monks. [Photo/China Tibet Online]

Lorong Rinpoche, the current abbot of the temple, said the most precious and best ivory rosary are made from the ivory of a living elephant, which is hurt to death during the process. "It is cruel so that we don't use such rosary any more. The ivory rosaries in my temple were offered by believers. But, our accepting their offerings seems to connive at them to kill and hurt elephant purposely, which is against Buddhist spirit. So now we won't even accept ivory rosaries and we hope people care to elephants instead of hurting them." 

 

Photo shows ancient Thangka paintings of Buddhism deity consecrated in Bore Monastery. Lorong Rinpoche, the abbot, said he has brought ten Thangka painting works from the temple, hoping to raise people's attention to respect and protect these precious ancient cultural relics in monasteries. [Photo/China Tibet Online]

Photo shows ancient Thangka paintings of Buddhism deity consecrated in Bore Monastery. Lorong Rinpoche, the abbot, said he has brought ten Thangka painting works from the temple, hoping to raise people's attention to respect and protect these precious ancient cultural relics in monasteries. [Photo/China Tibet Online]

Lorong Rimpoche said the Bore Monastery has over 2,000 items of ancient cultural relics since the Bore Monastery has a long history dated back to days before Buddhism was introduced into Tibet and is also on the route where Princess Wencheng went to Tibet upon her marriage to Tubo King Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century.

This time, Lorong Rinpoche brings 100 items from the temple to exhibit together with other cultural relics from the Garze prefecture as part of the "Holy Garze into Beijing, Sichuan's Garze Tibetan Areas Cultural Tourism Week" activities launched in Beijing's Cultural Palace of Nationalities on June 5.