on Barkhor Square. Every temple or monastery that we visited had a room literally filled with yak butter lamps. As many as could fit in the given space. The lamp area here at the Jokhang used to be outside, but though the Tibetans had never had a fire there in 1500 years, the Chinese forced them to build this building to house the burning butter lamps. Now the only way to view these lamps is thorugh the grate on the front. We found an open side door one day and took a peek inside. We were invited in... AND put to task!
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