Shortly
after crossing from Yunnan into Tibet, I came to see a catholic church. I was
quite surprised, but this is the Yanjing Catholic Church (盐井天主教堂). The founders had been French missionaries in
the 1860ies. The village has about 1000 inhabitant, whereof 500 are Christians;
according to ´the Chinese source there are 600 people in the village and 80%
are Christians. The local Tibetan priests name has been given in Chinese as Lu
Rendi (鲁仁弟).The bible is read in Tibetan. The Yanjing
Catholic Church is the only catholic church in Tibet.
Bell Tower
Entrance into the Church
The upper half of the right side of the
black board is a riddle
as I can't find which language it represents.
Surroundings
Links:
.
Maybe it's the Tai Dam alphabet.
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