In the morning of November 13th, the Lhasa Development and Planning Committee together with the local government, local construction department, local cultural bureau and so on formed the experts team to check the renovation work of Thousand Buddha Corridor in Jokhang Monastery.

Jokhang Monastery was built in 746 AD with a history of more than 1350 years. It is under state-level protection and has been a place of pilgrimage and the spiritual center of Lhasa for centuries. Inside the Jokhang Monastery, there is a front corridor built in 1409 by Zongkapa Master. Around 1650, the 5th Dalai Lama ordered to enlarge the corridor and paint one thousand Buddhas on the walls, thus the name of Thousand Buddha Corridor coming into being. Up to now, it has the history of 350 years. Due to the erosion of natural elements, it has been undergoing repairment.

This repairment project was bided with total value of 531.68 thousand yuan, the construction investment of 628.278 thousand yuan. It was initiated on April 20th, 2004 and finished on October 20th.

Under the supervision of the department concerned, the after-work check by the officials concerned was over. It is said that the primitive stage of the renovation of this corridor was successfully concluded.