| Photo taken on June 25, 2009 shows the figure of Buddha at the Drepung monastery in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The ground-breaking ceremony of the water supply and drainage project of the monastery was held here on Thursday. The Chinese government invested 17.39 million yuan (RMB) on the project, which involves the construction and upgrade of water supply and drainage systems of the Drepung Monastery. Built in 1416 on the outskirts of Lhasa, the Drepung Monastery is the largest and most influential monastery of the Gelug Sect, a branch of the Tibetan Buddhism. [Xinhua] |
