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Aerial view shows the ruins of ancient capital of Guge kingdom in Zanda county of Ngari prefecture of southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, Aug. 4, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
With a total of 1,416 architectural relics, the ruins were listed as one of the first national key cultural relics protection units in 1961.
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Aerial view shows the ruins of ancient capital of Guge kingdom in Zanda county of Ngari prefecture of southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, Aug. 4, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
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Aerial view shows the ruins of ancient capital of Guge kingdom in Zanda county of Ngari prefecture of southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, Aug. 4, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
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Aerial view shows the ruins of ancient capital of Guge kingdom in Zanda county of Ngari prefecture of southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, Aug. 4, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
![](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2022/08/05/a80174fc594d4334a7d71e470568298a.jpg)
Aerial view shows the ruins of ancient capital of Guge kingdom in Zanda county of Ngari prefecture of southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, Aug. 4, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
![](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2022/08/05/d5d226e2aa4e45f3a7bd84803f971062.jpg)
Aerial view shows the ruins of ancient capital of Guge kingdom in Zanda county of Ngari prefecture of southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, Aug. 4, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)