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 ...

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 ...

Ethnic Tibetan monks attend a ceremony at the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe February 28, 2007. Labrang Monastery is one of the six most prestigious monasteries of the Yellow Hat school of Tibetan ...

A worker repairs a wooden structure inside the residence of the first Jamyang Shepa, founder of the Labrang Monastery, in Xiahe county of Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Northwest China's ...

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 ...

Labrang Monastery (Chinese: 拉卜楞寺 Pinyin: La Bu Leng) is one of the six great monasteries of the Geluk (Yellow Hat) school of Tibetan Buddhism. Labrang is located in Xiahe County in Gansu province, and ...

Buddhists and tourists from around the world gathered at the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, in northwest China's Gansu Province, to witness the unveiling of a giant painting of Buddha. Getty ...

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 ...

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 ...

A masked lama performs exorcism dance at a square of the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 18, 2019. The Labrang Monastery held the annual event of exorcism ...

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 ...

Buddhist monks during the Monlam great prayer festival. Photograph: Roman Pilipey/EPA Monlam, or the great prayer festival, is the most important prayer event for many Tibetans. It was banned during ...