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Which religious tradition is practiced by Tibetans in northwestern Yunnan?
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Pavilion atop Yulongxue (āJade Dragon Snowā) Mountain, near Lijiang, Yunnan province, China.
Tibetans living in the far northwestern corner of Yunnan province practice Tibetan Buddhism.1
This religious tradition, a branch of Vajrayana Buddhism, evolved in Tibet beginning in the 7th century CE and incorporates elements of indigenous Bon practices alongside monastic disciplines.2