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Palkhor Monastery
China, an East Asian country is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. It has a vast cultural history of more than five thousand years and an outstanding natural beauty. On the other hand, this country has remained a comparatively isolated and secluded one, and being a land of mystery, this country is not known to the western half of the world. However, China is rapidly developing and has grown in the phase of modernization, with an immense speed and is also welcoming the outer world to interact and do business with them.
Palkhor Monastery is one of the popular tourist attractions of China and is admired for its cultural related notion. This Monastery is located at about 230 kilometers to the south of Lhasa and 100 kilometers to the east of Shigatse, at the foot of Dzong Hill. It has a unique structural style and houses a collection of pure silk costumes worn in Tibetan opera, all richly embroidered, that date from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Even though Palkhor Monastery meant the partial loss of its tourist profile due to urbanization, some features of its past times of splendor still remain. It also adds to the beauty of China and this fact has consolidated along with abroad tourists visiting the place, making it the most favorite holiday destination for most of the vacation lovers.
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