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Radio Free Asia
December 12, 2017
At Labrang monastery in Gansu province's Sangchu (Xiahe) county, the day was observed in a similar way, with monks performing rituals and prayers and many in the lay community abstaining from the consumption of meat, a local source said. “Some also freed animals from slaughterhouses or sat inÃÂ ...
Outside Magazine
November 14, 2017
In Central China's Xiahe airport, a wall near baggage claim features a photograph of Zhagana, a Tibetan village high in the mountains of Gansu province. About 1,300 people live there, in a landscape straight out of Lord of the Rings—peaks of sheer rock tower above the village, conifers cover the hillsides,ÃÂ ...
The Week Magazine
September 22, 2017
In the small city of Xiahe you'll find Labrang Monastery, one of Tibet's largest Buddhist institutions, with some 4,000 monks. You should wake early enough to walk around the monastery with the pilgrims, who prostrate themselves while circumambulating the complex. Late-morning prayers, marked byÃÂ ...
The Guardian
June 27, 2017
Xiahe is famous for its Labrang monastery, the largest edifice of the Yellow Hat sect of Tibetan Buddhism and home to the largest number of monks outside the ... A general view of the Labrang monastery in Xiahe, an ethnically Tibetan town in Gansu province, China, which is home to about 1,500 monks.
Global Times
December 15, 2016
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2016 shows the Buddha halls after renovation in Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province. Ten Buddha halls have been restored in Labrang Monastery, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist monastery, after four years of renovation. Labrang Monastery is oneÃÂ ...
Radio Free Asia
September 20, 2016
12 by a court in Sangchu (in Chinese, Xiahe) county, a Tibetan living in the area told RFA's Tibetan Service. “They were suspected of involvement in the self-immolation of Sangye Tso on May 27, 2015,” RFA's source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Jinpa Gyatso was detained in June 2015 inÃÂ ...
Radio Free Asia
August 23, 2016
22, heavy rain also fell near Gansu's Labrang monastery, with the lower part of Sangchu (Xiahe) county in the Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture severely affected by floods, the source said. “Traffic on the road from Sangkok town to Labrang was stranded for two hours due to flooding andÃÂ ...
New York Times
August 23, 2016
The camp is next to a road leading to Xiahe and its famous sprawling Tibetan monastery, Labrang. The family opened the camp in 2013 to raise revenue for its core enterprise: a textile-weaving business called Norlha that employs mostly women from a nearby village. The textiles are made of yak wool andÃÂ ...
Quartz
June 8, 2016
Hundreds of Tibetans in Western China have been protesting for several days to try to close an open pit mine on a sacred mountain. Chinese police started cracking down on the demonstrations last Friday (June 3), beating and arresting protesters, according to Tibetan activists and foreign newsÃÂ ...
Xinhua
April 5, 2016
Lamas and Buddhists attend the annual ritual displaying of a gigantic Buddha tangka (Tibetan religious painting) alongside a hillside for disciples' worship at the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, March 3, 2015. The Buddha tangka display, or "the basking of Buddha",ÃÂ ...
Xinhua
October 25, 2017
LANZHOU, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- China will invest in the renovation of an ancient military stronghold in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu ...
New Mexico State University NewsCenter
October 2, 2017
Among the group's most vivid experiences were riding on camelback in Dunhuang, and visiting an ancient Tibetan Buddhist temple in Xiahe, ...
The Week Magazine
September 22, 2017
In the small city of Xiahe you'll find Labrang Monastery, one of Tibet's largest Buddhist institutions, with some 4,000 monks. You should wake ...
The Guardian
June 27, 2017
Xiahe, China's Tibetan monastery town – in pictures ... A general view of the Labrang monastery in Xiahe, an ethnically Tibetan town in Gansu ...
Big Think
March 21, 2017
Tibetan Buddhist monks take part in a special prayer during Monlam or the Great Prayer rituals at the Labrang Monastery, Xiahe County, Amdo, ...
Jacobin magazine
February 21, 2017
The Guardian's website showed footage of several thousands demonstrating in Xiahe, where they were tear-gassed by police. One Tibetan ...
Global Times
December 15, 2016
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2016 shows the Buddha halls after renovation in Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu ...
Radio Free Asia
September 20, 2016
... both monks at the Labrang monastery, were sentenced on Sept. 12 by a court in Sangchu (in Chinese, Xiahe) county, a Tibetan living in the ...
Quartz
June 8, 2016
Protests in Amchock township in Gansu's Xiahe county began on May 31. Local Tibetans want gold mining stopped on Gong Ngon Lari, a holy ...
Xinhua
December 31, 1999
Located in Xiahe county in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Gannan, Labrang Monastery was built in 1709 and has been a national ...
New Mexico State University NewsCenter
October 3, 2017
Among the group's most vivid experiences were riding on camelback in Dunhuang, and visiting an ancient Tibetan Buddhist temple in Xiahe,ÃÂ ...
New Mexico State University NewsCenter
October 3, 2017
Among the group's most vivid experiences were riding on camelback in Dunhuang, and visiting an ancient Tibetan Buddhist temple in Xiahe,ÃÂ ...
China.org.cn
September 23, 2017
... Belkal Cultural Inheritance & Innovation Expo Park Co Ltd, a local cultural company in Xiahe county, Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefectureÃÂ ...
The Week Magazine
September 23, 2017
In the small city of Xiahe you'll find Labrang Monastery, one of Tibet's largest Buddhist institutions, with some 4,000 monks. You should wakeÃÂ ...
Bend Bulletin
September 10, 2017
The plateau offers two main activities for travelers: exploring the many monasteries scattered over the plains and trekking. Xiahe, Langmusi andÃÂ ...
Albany Times Union
September 9, 2017
The plateau offers two main activities for travelers: exploring the many monasteries scattered over the plains and trekking. Xiahe, Langmusi andÃÂ ...
The Straits Times
September 8, 2017
Xiahe, Langmusi and Zhagana – a small city, a town, and mountain village respectively, all within a few hours' drive of one another – offer bothÃÂ ...
The Peninsula Qatar
September 6, 2017
Xiahe, Langmusi and Zhagana - a small city, a town, and mountain village respectively, all within a few hours' drive of one another - offer bothÃÂ ...
Chron.com
September 2, 2017
Xiahe, Langmusi and Zhagana - a small city, a town, and mountain village respectively, all within a few hours' drive of one another - offer bothÃÂ ...
The New Daily
July 10, 2017
The crowd-free city hosts picturesque views with surreal scenery ranging from the arid peaks of Xiahe to the otherworldly rainbow desert ofÃÂ ...
The Guardian
June 27, 2017
Xiahe, China's Tibetan monastery town – in pictures ... A general view of the Labrang monastery in Xiahe, an ethnically Tibetan town in GansuÃÂ ...
Big Think
March 21, 2017
Tibetan Buddhist monks take part in a special prayer during Monlam or the Great Prayer rituals at the Labrang Monastery, Xiahe County, Amdo,ÃÂ ...
Jacobin magazine
February 21, 2017
The Guardian's website showed footage of several thousands demonstrating in Xiahe, where they were tear-gassed by police. One TibetanÃÂ ...
Global Times
December 15, 2016
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2016 shows the Buddha halls after renovation in Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's GansuÃÂ ...
Radio Free Asia
October 26, 2016
... was released in the provincial capital Lanzhou on Oct. 26 and returned to his family home in Sangchu (in Chinese, Xiahe) county's LabrangÃÂ ...
Radio Free Asia
September 20, 2016
... both monks at the Labrang monastery, were sentenced on Sept. 12 by a court in Sangchu (in Chinese, Xiahe) county, a Tibetan living in theÃÂ ...
Radio Free Asia
August 23, 2016
22, heavy rain also fell near Gansu's Labrang monastery, with the lower part of Sangchu (Xiahe) county in the Kanlho (Gannan) TibetanÃÂ ...
Quartz
June 8, 2016
Protests in Amchock township in Gansu's Xiahe county began on May 31. Local Tibetans want gold mining stopped on Gong Ngon Lari, a holyÃÂ ...
New York Times
October 25, 2013
XIAHE, China — Buddhist monks in flowing burgundy robes hurried along the dirt paths of the Labrang Monastery, trying their best to ignore theÃÂ ...
Telegraph.co.uk
June 21, 2013
Along the length of the three-kilometre “inner kora” track, which runs around the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, in Gansu, central China, womenÃÂ ...
The Economist (blog)
June 20, 2013
The plan was for a 550km trip through the monastery town of Xiahe, on the plateau's rim in southern Gansu, into Qinghai province, to anotherÃÂ ...
TheSpec.com
December 31, 1999
The plateau offers two main activities for travelers: exploring the many monasteries scattered over the plains and trekking. Xiahe, Langmusi andÃÂ ...
Big Think
March 21, 2017
Tibetan Buddhist monks take part in a special prayer during Monlam or the Great Prayer rituals at the Labrang Monastery, Xiahe County, Amdo, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images). A newly releasedÃÂ ...
Socialist Worker Online
February 23, 2017
The Guardian's website showed footage of several thousands demonstrating in Xiahe, where they were tear-gassed by police.
Jacobin magazine
February 21, 2017
The Guardian's website showed footage of several thousands demonstrating in Xiahe, where they were tear-gassed by police.
Xinhua
February 9, 2017
After sunbathing for around an hour the portrait was rolled up again and carried back into the monastery. The ceremony is held each year on the 13th day of the first lunar month.
Tibet Post International
January 31, 2017
Jigme was released at night on October 26 (2016) from prison in Lanzhou, the provincial capital of Gansu, and taken by the prison authorities to his family home in Labrang town in Sangchu (Chinese, Xiahe) county. His relatives were not given permission ...
Tibet Post International
January 31, 2017
Jigme was released at night on October 26 (2016) from prison in Lanzhou, the provincial capital of Gansu, and taken by the prison authorities to his family home in Labrang town in Sangchu (Chinese, Xiahe) county. His relatives were not given permission ...
That's Online (registration)
January 18, 2017
By the time we reached Xiahe and a mechanic we were physically and mentally exhausted, but Xiahe and its surrounding mountains are magnificently restorative.
Global Times
December 15, 2016
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2016 shows the Buddha halls after renovation in Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province.
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