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Restoring 700-year-old Qian Shou Guan-yin
Updated: 2011-04-18 18:03
(chinadaily.com.cn)
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 A worker scans a statue of thousand-handed Avalokitesvara, or Qian Shou Guan-yin, at Dazu county, Chongqing, on April 18, 2011. China launched a project to restore the Qian Shou Guan-yin statue on April 18. Standing for more than 700 years, the statue is among 50 thousand carvings in Dazu dating back to 700 AD, entering the World Cultural Heritage list in 1999. [Photo/Xinhua]
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