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Construction of Qinghai-Tibet railway does not destroy local religious
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www.chinanews.cn 2006-06-27 17:35:59

Chinanews, Lhasa, Jun. 27 �C The Zham heaven burial (or exposure burial)
platform situated in Amdo County, Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet, is the only
one of its kind for local residents living nearby. Construction of the
Qinghai-Tibet railway had not caused any damage to the religious site,
nor the lives of the cinereous vulture, regarded as the holy eagle in
local religious rituals.
Since construction of the railway started five years ago, many local
religious sites, such as holy mountains sacred, lakes, and the heaven
burial platforms, have been preserved.
��Heaven burial is a traditional burying ceremony for Tibetan people and
the cinereous vultures are considered as ��holy eagles' by local
residents. In order to protect this religious site and the holy animal,
we traveled 3 kilometers farther to fetch the soil needed for the
construction, which cost us an additional expenditure of 2 million
yuan,�� said Xu Yucheng, project manager from the China No. 4 Railway
Construction Bureau.
From Golmud to Lhasa, the Qinghai-Tibet railway extends for 1,142
kilometers, many parts of it passing through religious sites such as holy
mountains, sacred lakes, religious platforms, temples or worshipping
platforms.
In order to protect these religious sites, builders adopted various
methods, such as making a detour, enclosing the religious sites as
protected places, or setting up blockades near the site.

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