The Sera Monastery, one of the leading monasteries in Tibet, re-opened to believers and tourists on Monday.
It had been closed since the March 14 unrest in the regional capital.
"I'm very happy to see the re-opening of the monastery," said a Tibetan monk, Gyaltsen Monlam, turning prayer wheels at the monastery.
On April 20, Buddhist services at the monastery resumed.
"Monks have been taught legal knowledge in recent days and the monastery has returned to order with normal religious activities," said Tenzin Namgyal, deputy director of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee.
"It's the first monastery in Lhasa to re-open to the outside. The other monasteries will follow suit in the future," he said.
The Sera Monastery sits at the foot of Hill Tatipu in northern Lhasa and is dedicated to the Gelugpa (Yellow Hat Sect), a branch of Tibetan Buddhism.
Built in 1419, the Sera Monastery is as prestigious as the Drepung and Ganden monasteries in Lhasa. "Sera" means "wild rose garden" in Tibetan.
Source:Xinhua
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