Labrang Xiahe

... another 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 ...

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 ...

... , 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 ...

... stairs but we were fine walking around in the thin air of the high town. FAB TIBETAN VILLAGE We found Xiahe to be a fab Tibetan village and the Labrang Monastery amazing. We just vedged out here for bit. It is cold here at 9600 feet (2920m) and it ...

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

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

... 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 ...

The main draw of the small Gansu town of Xiahe is the Labrang Monastery, which is among the six major monastaries of Tibetan Buddhism.  Outside the Tibet Autonomous Region, it houses the largest number of monks.  This morning, Sam and I walked ...