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Bao'en
Temple
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On May 30,
2008 China
Daily
reported
that
“soldiers
from Jinan-based
cannon
battalion
working to
save
thousands of
historical
relics of
600-year-old
Bao'en
Temple,
devastated
by May 12
earthquake,
moved more
than 3,200
relics out
of the small
hall”
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The temple
is also
referred to
as The "Forbidden
City Deep In
The
Mountains'"
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The
heaviness of
many of the
relics made
the task
more
difficult.
In addition
to nearly
3,000 books
and written
works, the
temple
contained
more than
200 large,
heavy
artifacts,
such as
Buddha
josses,
stone
sculptures
and
monuments.
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The temple
was
completed
under the
Ming Dynasty
in 1440.
It has
endured many
mighty
earthquakes
over the
years, but
the May 12,
2008
earthquake
was the
first to
severely
damage it,
causing up
to 80
million yuan
(11 million
dollars) in
losses.
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But it was
only one
among many
historical
sites and
relics in
Sichuan
damaged by
the quake.
·
The disaster
damaged or
destroyed 45
national-level
and 59
provincial-level
cultural
relics.
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