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Barkhor Street

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Barkhor Street
Barkhor Street
Barkhor Street
Barkhor Street
Barkhor Street
Barkhor Street
Barkhor Street
Barkhor Street
Barkhor Street
Barkhor Street
Barkhor Street
Barkhor Street
Barkhor Street
Barkhor Street
Barkhor Street
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Chengguan District, Lhasa 851500, China

The Barkhor is an area of narrow streets and a public square located around Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet, China. The Barkor is a popular devotional circumambulation for pilgrims and locals. The walk was about one kilometre long and encircled the entire Jokhang, the former seat of the State Oracle in Lhasa called the Muru Nyingba Monastery, and a number of nobles' houses including Tromzikhang and Jamkhang. There were four large incense burners in the four cardinal directions, with incense burning constantly, to please the gods protecting the Jokhang. The Tromzikhang market is busy in Barkhor, and the area is a major tourist attraction. Because the Jokhang Temple has been a symbolic center of Tibetan protest since 1987, the Barkhor has also seen many demonstrations. In 1989, when year the 14th Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize, pro-Dalai Lama residents threw tsampa around the Barkhor to celebrate. After the Central government denounced the prize, residents who continued such demonstrations were arrested. The square was briefly closed by riot police during the 2008 Lhasa violence.
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