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Rare Ancient Monastery Moat Discovered in Tibet
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Chinese archaeologists have discovered a 700-year-old rare moat surrounding a monastery in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

"The unearthed part of the moat whirled its way about every five meters in a square manner, which has been a shape rarely found in history both at home and abroad," said Zhang Jianlin, deputy director of the Shaanxi Archeology and Research Institute.

The excavated section of the river way measures 8.8 meters in depth, 6 meters in height and 3.3 meters in width on both sides, said Zhang, who took charge of the excavation work.

The moat is 17 meters away from the Sagya Monastery in Sagya County, Xigaze City in the southern part of Tibet. The monastery was built in the 13th century when the county was a political and religious center for the region.

"This kind of moat was recorded in the local historical data and I also heard about it from the elders," said Bandian Toinyu, director with the management committee of the monastery. "But I have never seen such a moat before."

The whirling moat looked beautiful and would have been helpful for defense in wartime, explained Bandian Toinyu.

The Sagya Monastery covers an area of 14,700 square meters. The building began to be restored in 2002 at a cost of 86 million yuan (US$10 million) with renovated expected to be completed by the end of the year.

(Xinhua News Agency October 26, 2006)

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