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LANGMUSI, CHINA - DECEMBER 05: A Tibetan family eats noodles in a spicy sauce at a small traditional restaurant on December 5, 2010 in Langmusi on the border of China's Sichuan and Gansu provinces. Sitting at 3325 m, Langmusi, which lies in a valley surrounded by alpine forests and high mountains, has a population of about 4500 people with more than one quarter of them Tibetan Buddhist monks belonging to the two monasteries found in the town. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)