Cultural relic Jiana mani stone mound in Yushu, China’s Qinghai
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People pray as they circle the Jiana mani stone mound in Yushu City, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, April 6, 2025. The Jiana mani stone mound is a cultural relic under national protection. The mound is composed of billions of mani stones and used by local people when they hold prayers’ wheels and mutter the six-syllable prayer to observe their daily ritual. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)
People pray as they circle the Jiana mani stone mound in Yushu City, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, April 6, 2025. The Jiana mani stone mound is a cultural relic under national protection. The mound is composed of billions of mani stones and used by local people when they hold prayers’ wheels and mutter the six-syllable prayer to observe their daily ritual. (Xinhua/Qi Zhiyue)
A pilgrim spins a prayer wheel at the Jiana mani stone mound in Yushu City, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, April 6, 2025. The Jiana mani stone mound is a cultural relic under national protection. The mound is composed of billions of mani stones and used by local people when they hold prayers’ wheels and mutter the six-syllable prayer to observe their daily ritual. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
This aerial drone photo taken on April 6, 2025 shows a view of the Jiana mani stone mound in Yushu City, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai Province. The Jiana mani stone mound is a cultural relic under national protection. The mound is composed of billions of mani stones and used by local people when they hold prayers’ wheels and mutter the six-syllable prayer to observe their daily ritual. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
This aerial drone photo taken on April 6, 2025 shows a view of the Jiana mani stone mound in Yushu City, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai Province. The Jiana mani stone mound is a cultural relic under national protection. The mound is composed of billions of mani stones and used by local people when they hold prayers’ wheels and mutter the six-syllable prayer to observe their daily ritual. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
People pray as they circle the Jiana mani stone mound in Yushu City, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, April 6, 2025. The Jiana mani stone mound is a cultural relic under national protection. The mound is composed of billions of mani stones and used by local people when they hold prayers’ wheels and mutter the six-syllable prayer to observe their daily ritual. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)
People pray as they circle the Jiana mani stone mound in Yushu City, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, April 6, 2025. The Jiana mani stone mound is a cultural relic under national protection. The mound is composed of billions of mani stones and used by local people when they hold prayers’ wheels and mutter the six-syllable prayer to observe their daily ritual. (Xinhua/Qi Zhiyue)
This aerial drone photo taken on April 6, 2025 shows a view of the Jiana mani stone mound in Yushu City, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai Province. The Jiana mani stone mound is a cultural relic under national protection. The mound is composed of billions of mani stones and used by local people when they hold prayers’ wheels and mutter the six-syllable prayer to observe their daily ritual. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
