China is stepping up the protectionof a well-known stupa, or Buddhist shrine building, of Tibetan Buddhism in the northwest province of Qinghai. Zangniang Stupa and a nearby Sangzhou Lamasery were ...

> Stupa resting on a stepped quadrangular base decorated with chiseled lotus petals and lion figures surrounding jewels, the body of the stupa adorned with masks and beaded garlands with a painted ...