China Resumes Expulsions From Sichuan’s Yachen Gar Buddhist Center
2019-06-07
Sichuan's Yachen Gar Buddhist encampment is shown in an undated photo.
Authorities in western China’s Sichuan province have begun a new wave of expulsions from the Yachen Gar Tibetan Buddhist study center, this time targeting monks and nuns who came from outside areas to join the sprawling complex located in Kardze prefecture’s Palyul county, Tibetan sources say.
Founded in 1985, Yachen Gar had until recent years housed an estimated 10,000 monks, nuns, and lay practitioners devoted to scriptural study and meditation, but received few visitors due to its remote location.
But in August 2017, Chinese authorities began the demolition of 2,000 houses of monks and nuns, at the same time ordering the expulsion of the same number of center residents, sources told RFA in earlier reports.
Read more at: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/expulsions-06072019144934.html
This place certainly looks big. I need to find out more info on all of this.
There is certainly more info on all of this:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/03/29/china-major-tibetan-buddhist-institution-faces-further-demolitions
