People visit Derge Parkhang, or the Derge Sutra Printing House, in Derge County, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, Sichuan Province on July 20, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/ Liu Zhongjun)
Founded in 1729, the Derge Sutra Printing House has collected 320, 000 pieces of printing boards. Dubbed as "Treasure box at the foot of the Snow Mountain," the house has printed works in history, science and technology, medical, mathematic, literature, astronomy, and geography. (Photo: China News Service/ Liu Zhongjun)
A worker moves the board carved with scripture on July 20, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/ Liu Zhongjun)
Workers print scriptures in the Derge Sutra Printing House in Derge County, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, Sichuan Province on July 20, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/ Liu Zhongjun)
Photo taken on July 20 shows wooden printing boards are arrayed on the roof of the Derge Sutra Printing House for drying, Derge County, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, Sichuan Province. (Photo: China News Service/ Liu Zhongjun)
Visitors capture photos of the Derge Sutra Printing House in Derge County, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, Sichuan Province on July 20, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/ Liu Zhongjun)
Workers print scriptures in the Derge Sutra Printing House in Derge County, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, Sichuan Province on July 20, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/ Liu Zhongjun)
Photo taken on July 20 shows the inheritors of the Tibetan woodblock printing review the wooden board. (Photo: China News Service/ Liu Zhongjun)
Workers print scriptures in the Derge Sutra Printing House in Derge County, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, Sichuan Province on July 20, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/ Liu Zhongjun)
