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 ...

The Labrang Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in Amdo and its extended support community are one of the largest in Tibetan history. This community is on the northeast corner of the Tibetan Plateau in modern ...

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 ...

Labrang Monastery in Xiahe county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Northwest China's Gansu province is experiencing the largest-scale conservation and restoration project since its ...

Repaired frescos are seen in a hall at Labrang Monastery in Xiahe county of Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Northwest China's Gansu province, January 22, 2020. Labrang Monastery is regarded as ...

Protest interupts press tour of Buddhist monastery in Tibetan area. LABRANG MONASTERY, Gansu, China, April 9, 2008 — -- A Buddhist monk was handing over a white shawl to me, a Tibetan ritual used ...