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WORLD'S SMALLEST TEMPLE DISCOVERED
IN CHINA
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WORLD
Wednesday, November 02, 2005 11:59:38 amPTI ]
BEIJING: Chinese archaeologists have claimed to have
discovered the world's smallest ancient temple with
Mahayana scriptures in the southern rim of the
Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region.
The temple, dating back more than 1,500 years, was
located about seven kilometres from the Damagou
Township of Cele County. The Tuopulukedun Temple is
2.25 meters long and two meters wide, with walls about
1.3 meters high.
The wood and mud structured temple has fine frescos of
Mahayana scriptures on the four walls. A Buddha statue,
about 0.65 meters tall, stood in the central part of
the temple.
In the middle of the northern parts stand other Buddha
statues.
The Tuopulukedun Temple is so far the smallest ancient
temple that has been discovered in the world, Xinhua
news agency quoted Wu Xinhua, head of the Xinjiang
Archaeological Team of the Archaeology Institute under
the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences as saying...
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