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Release Date:
January 1, 1992
Original Title:
拉萨雪居民
Alternate Titles:
The Residents of Lhasa Snow
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 47
Independent documentary by Jiang Yue. Excerpted from production notes: "At the foot of Petal Place, there was once a large stretch of vacant ground called "Snow." The Buddhist pilgrims and beggars from all parts of Tibet gathered together in this place. Later, after the liberation, there were gradually some permanent dwellers here, so the "Snow" neighborhood Committee came into being. Today this neighborhood has several households, totally over one thousand "dwellers." But it is said that a large-scale demolishing of their houses in order to move to a new place has already begun; the former square will be restored here, The old people on "Snow" ground sigh with emotion about it."
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