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 ...

Lamas of the Labrang Monastery uncover the large yellow curtain on a huge thangka scroll painting bearing the image of the Buddha during the annual "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony of Labrang ...

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 ...

Each year, ever since the early 1400s, Tibetan Buddhists gather to unveil a large thangka — a painting made on fabric — of Buddha. The great prayer ritual, which was banned during the cultural ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Tibetan man in his 50s has set himself on fire inside the Labrang monastery, according to Free Tibet, the activist group. The Labrang monastery, which was built in 1709 in Xiahe, Gansu province, is ...

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 ...