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White Pagoda Cultural Week fosters China-Nepal friendship and cultural exchanges

STORY: White Pagoda Cultural Week fosters China-Nepal friendship and cultural exchanges SHOOTING TIME: June 7, 2024 DATELINE: June 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the white pagoda at Miaoying Temple 2. SOUNDBITE (English): BISHNU PUKAR SHRESTHA, Nepali Ambassador to China STORYLINE: The 2024 Beijing White Pagoda Cultural Week kicked off Friday with the theme of "focusing on cultural heritage protection and deepening civilizational exchanges and mutual learning." The event aims to spotlight the historical and cultural significance of the white pagoda at Miaoying Temple in Beijing. Built in 1279 during the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), this Tibetan Buddhist pagoda was designed by Nepalese architect Arniko. Over 10 engaging activities will showcase the cultural richness of China and Nepal and highlight their historical exchanges and heritage preservation efforts. The week-long event is expected to promote friendly cultural interactions between the two cou

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Tibetan Buddhist practitioners at the Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi city, Sichuan Province, China, October 12, 2023. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Tibetan Buddhist practitioners at the Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi city, Sichuan Province, China, October 12, 2023. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Photo taken on October 12, 2023 at the Seda Wuming Buddhist Academy in Ganzi City, Sichuan Province, China. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Tibetan Buddhist practitioners at the Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi city, Sichuan Province, China, October 12, 2023. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Photo taken on October 12, 2023 at the Seda Wuming Buddhist Academy in Ganzi City, Sichuan Province, China. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Tibetan Buddhist practitioners at the Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi city, Sichuan Province, China, October 12, 2023. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Tibetan Buddhist practitioners at the Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi city, Sichuan Province, China, October 12, 2023. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Photo taken on October 12, 2023 at the Seda Wuming Buddhist Academy in Ganzi City, Sichuan Province, China. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Tibetan Buddhist practitioners at the Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi city, Sichuan Province, China, October 12, 2023. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Tibetan Buddhist practitioners at the Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi city, Sichuan Province, China, October 12, 2023. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Tibetan Buddhist practitioners at the Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi city, Sichuan Province, China, October 12, 2023. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Visitors at the Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi city, Sichuan province, China, October 12, 2023. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Tibetan Buddhist practitioners at the Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi city, Sichuan Province, China, October 12, 2023. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Photo taken on October 12, 2023 at the Seda Wuming Buddhist Academy in Ganzi City, Sichuan Province, China. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Photo taken on October 12, 2023 at the Seda Wuming Buddhist Academy in Ganzi City, Sichuan Province, China. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Visitors at the Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi city, Sichuan province, China, October 12, 2023. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Photo taken on October 12, 2023 at the Seda Wuming Buddhist Academy in Ganzi City, Sichuan Province, China. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Photo taken on October 12, 2023 at the Seda Wuming Buddhist Academy in Ganzi City, Sichuan Province, China. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Tibetan Buddhist practitioners at the Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi city, Sichuan Province, China, October 12, 2023. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Visitors at the Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi city, Sichuan province, China, October 12, 2023. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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What grottoes on ancient Silk Road mean to China today | Stories shared by Xi Jinping

STORY: What grottoes on ancient Silk Road mean to China today | Stories shared by Xi Jinping DATELINE: May 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:44 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY STORYLINE: The city of Dunhuang is home to the millennium-old Mogao Grottoes. In 1987, the grottoes were listed as a UNESCO world cultural heritage site. During his 2019 inspection to Gansu, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the grottoes. Xi pointed out that the Dunhuang culture shows the Chinese nation's confidence in its culture. He said, "Only a self-confident civilization can absorb and draw on the achievements of other civilizations while maintaining its own characteristics." The Mogao Grottoes, first constructed in 366 A.D., symbolize the great achievements of China's Buddhist art from the 4th century to the 14th century. It showcases the cultural integration and mutual learning among the diverse civilizations along the ancient Silk Road. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHENG BINGLIN, Director of Dunhuang Studies Institute,

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THE VOICE OF TOKYO

Hato Bus, foreigner, English announcement, bus guide, sightseeing, Tokyo Tower, sightseeing bus, Imperial Palace, National Stadium, National Diet, Asakusa, Kaminarimon, kimono=Date:April, 1974, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)