Thursday, March 26, 2009

1959, the Dalai Lama alone owned

1959, the Dalai Lama alone owned
  1. 160,000 liang (8,000 kilograms) of gold
  2. 95 million liang of silver
  3. over 20,000items of jewelry and jade
  4. more than 10,000 pieces of silk and satin fabric
  5. rare fur clothing
His family possessed 27 manors, 30 pastures and more than 6,000 serfs, according to Zhang Yun, a researcher with the China Tibetology Research Center.