Buddhist monks perform a ritual dance to pray for good fortune and harvest at the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe county, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Gansu Province, February 23 ...

BEIJING, May 5 -- The Labrang Monastery is one of the six great monasteries of the Geluk Sect (the Yellow Sect) of the Tibetan Buddhism. Considered to be in the traditional Tibetan area of Amdo, it is ...

Monks pose for a photo on Feb 22, 2013, in front of a thangka - a Tibetan scroll painting - during a Tibetan Buddhism festival at the Labrang Monastery in Gansu province. The monastery, which was ...

As one of the six sovereign monasteries of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, the Labrang Monastery is to see the biggest maintenance and repair work in its history of 300 years. Vice director of ...

Another Tibetan has set himself on fire and died to protest Chinese policies in Tibet. Rights groups say a 61-year-old farmer named Dhondup set himself ablaze Monday near the remote Labrang Monastery ...

Labrang Monastery is located in Xiahe county of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu province. Known as the "Tibetan School of the World", Labrang Monastery is one of the "Great Six" Gelukpa ...

Another Tibetan man has died in the third self-immolation in four days, Voice of America reports. Fifty-seven year-old Dorjee Rinchen set himself on fire near the Labrang Monastery in Gansu. A day ...