Labrang Xiahe

... crazy, crowded, beer laden overnight train journey to Lanzhou, we board a bus for a 6 hour journey to Xiahe, which is home to Labrang, the largest Gelupka (Yellow Hat) Tibetan Buddhist monastery outside of the autonomous region that we now know as Tibet. ...

Xiahe is perhaps the second coolest place for hippies in China, besides Tibet. The Labrang monastery here is one of the largest Tibetan monasteries outside of Tibet itself, which is a bit difficult to get to, especially this month, as some Americans just ...

... at Xiahe. Xiahe is a city on the Tibetan Plateau and its inhabitants are mostly Tibetan minority group. In Xiahe we visited the Labrang Monastery and learned about the daily life of Tibetan monks. We could hear monks chanting sutras as we toured ...

... China's largest Tibetan monastery. Hugged up against the surrounding mountainside, the picturesque state known also as the Labrang Lamma monastery was built in 1710 and accommodates six Buddhist seminaries and over 500 monks of the Yellow Hat sect. ...

... , snow and more sun. It was such a pleasure to hike around for free that we didn't even visit the famous Labrang Monastery, although walking around it was fascinating in itself. All the temples are brightly decorated and even houses have beautifully ...

Circumambulating the monastary at Xiahe

Entry containing 4 photos titled: Monastary, Monastary1, Monastary2, Prayer wheels

היום העפלנו לעיר הטיבטית הנצורה ש'יאחה. העי ...

... What they failed to advise us was that there was another tour at 3.5pm. Much better. We had a quick mooch about Labrang Monastery, unguided, and watched all the locals turn the prayer wheels that are mounted along the perimeter. The wheels were invented ...

... or I'd rather live without pancakes and spaghetti if it means I can avoid backpackers.  The first morning I went to the Labrang monastery. The English tour with the monk was interesting and he showed us all the main sights, but you aren't reading ...

Xiahe, ou Labrang, en tibetain, est situee dans l unique Prefecture autonome tibetaine de la province du Gansu. Elle a une atmosphere particuliere car sa population est composee des trois principaux groupes ethniques de la region, Tibetain, ...

... a ethnically and culturally different nation and this becomes clear from the moment one steps off the bus. Once in Xiahe we headed to the Labrang monastery, the main tourist magnet in town ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrang). It was not ...

... time zones are not recognised in China and each province, officially, functions to Beijing time.   Xiahe is home to the Labrang Monastery. This is the most important monastery town outside of the Tibetan Autonomous Region. So although the town ...

... robes. Footballing monk! Our guide showed us around all the main temples and halls and told us about the monasteries history. Labrang means 'seat of lamas' and is the seat of one of the most important lamas, making it one of the most sacred ...

... out their trash to the garbage truck who was playing the Jingle Bells tune. Later that day we went on the official Labrang Monastry tour which was a tourist trap but however we did see and smell some interesting yak butter sculptures. We decided to ...

Hey Hey and a Big G'Day toya da da da da Da The Lama Factory! And what a huge Lama Factory it is! Labuleng Si (Labrang Monastery) is bloody huge mate! Built in 1709 blaa blaa blaa, read the LP for the rest. Dunno how much the tickets were as only a ...

Best place in China...

... among them was a tall fellow in his late twenties sporting a wispy beard and a bearing of one who had been in Xiahe for some while. He was discovered to be a graduate student from a California university, an Alan Ginsberg-ish personage who yet seemed ...

... on hill side housing bones of Lama. Having to drink three litres of water a day due to high altitude. Arrived in Xiahe/Labrang and joined in evening kora of monastry. Went to Gesar Restaurant serving chips like Krishnas mum makes, Karen had to ...

... Jam Yong Putzok (spelling or pronunciation I don't really know).  He is hilarious.  We did a kora around Labrang Monastery.  The whole monastery complex is huge and surrounded by prayer wheels.  I think a kora is basically ...