Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu 夏河
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At just 5 hours from Xining and 4 hours from Lanzhou Labrang Monastery is one of the most accessible large Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in western China.
Labrang Monastery བླ་བྲང་བཀྲ་ཤིས་འཁྱིལ་ (Xiahe 夏河 in Chinese) is one of the six great monasteries of the Gelug school (Yellow Hat sect of Tibetan Buddhism). The other 5 great monasteries in the Gelug school are Ganden, Sera and Drepungmonasteries near Lhasa; Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse; and Kumbum Monastery near Xining.
Labrang is located in Xiahe Country, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province. This is a traditional Tibetan area of Amdo surrounded by lush, rolling grasslands. Labrang Monastery is home to the largest number of monks outside of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Labrang is a great two or three day excursion from Xining (a five hour drive) and Lanzhou (a four hour drive) and is a gateway to other excellent nomadic locations including Langmusi and Nyenbo Yurtse.
In the early part of the 20th century, Labrang was by far the largest and most influential monastery in Amdo. It is located on the Daxia River, a tributary of the Yellow River. Labrang Monastery is situated at the strategic intersection of two major Asian cultures—Tibetan and Mongolian — and was one of the largest Buddhist monastic universities.
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The Daxia River is a tributary of the Yellow River in southern Gansu Province in China's far west.The Daxia River starts in the northern part of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, where its drainage basin covers large parts of Hezuo County-level City and Xiahe County.It then flows northeast into Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, where it is crosses the breadth of Linxia County, and Linxia City; its lower course forms the border between Linxia County and the neighboring Dongxiang Autonomous County to the east.The river forms a large bay at its fall into the Liujiaxia Reservoir.
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Labrang, Xiahe, Gannan, Gansu Province, China 夏 河 之 拉卜楞
Xiahe County 夏 河 縣, Gannan Prefecture, Gansu Province
Nestled in the mountain valley at 2920 m above sea level, Xiahe County is under the jurisdiction of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘 南 藏 族 自 治 州 in Gansu Province 甘 肅 省. Hezuo City 合 作 市 is the administrative seat of Gannan.
Xiahe is named after Daxia River 大 夏 河 where Da 大 means big.
Getting There and Away
The only way to Xiahe 夏 河 is by bus. Most people travel via Lanzhou 蘭 州, the capital city of Gansu Province 甘 肅 省, 234 km north-east of Xiahe via S2. Lanzhou has an international airport.
But I took the road less travelled, via the lesser-known towns in the neighbouring provinces.
Scenic Bus Ride on the Snowland 雪 域
Straddling Gansu Province 甘 肅 省 and Sichuan Province 四 川 省 is Langmusi Town 郎 木 寺 鎮, 184 km south of Xiahe 夏 河 via G213, while Rongwu Town 隆 務 镇 in Tongren County 同 仁 縣 of Qinghai Province青 海 省 is 108 km to the west via X403 & X601.
My scenic route began in Sichuan Province and I would come from the south via Langmusi to Xiahe, after which I would head to Tongren in the west.
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Labrang Town 拉 卜 楞 鎮 in Xiahe County 夏 河 縣
The town is named after the Labrang Monastery 拉 卜 楞 寺 though travellers often call the town Xiahe 夏 河, which is the name displayed on the bus.
The Amdo Tibetan 安 多 藏 族 is the majority ethnic group residing in the western part of the town, while the minorities are Hui 回 族, or Muslim, and Han 漢 族 occupying the eastern side where the bus terminal is.
Kora
Kora is a Tibetan Buddhist pilgrimage whereby one walks and meditates around a holly subject, such as a monastery, stupa or a sacred mountain, usually in clockwise.
The 3.3 km of kora trail surrounding the Labrang Monastery 拉 卜 楞 寺 was the highlight of my visit to Xiahe 夏 河.
Labrang Monastery 拉 卜 楞 寺
Labrang is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery founded in 1709 by the Gelug Order 格 鲁 派 or the Yellow Hat Sect 黃 (帽 子) 教 or New Kadem Sect 新 噶 當 派.
The monastery provides college classes, including the Tibetan medicine. It is a huge complex that doors are often closed or slightly ajar, though a building or two are opened for guided tours with tickets.
Tibetan Buddhism 藏 傳 佛 教
Tibetan Buddhism was a branch of Mahayana 大 乘 Buddhism and became widespread by the Yuan Dynasty 元 朝 (1271 – 1368).
The 4 major schools of Tibetan Buddhism are Sakya 薩 迦, Nyingma 寧 瑪, Kagyu 噶 舉 and Gelug 格 鲁or Gelugpa 格 魯 巴, where Gelug is the Yellow Hat Order and the rest are Red Hat. Jonang 覺 囊 is the 5th & smallest Order recently revived.
Gelug Order 格 鲁 派 or Yellow Hat Sect 黃 教
The Gelug Sect was founded by Je Tsongkhapa Lobsang Zhaba 班 智 達 - 宗 喀 巴 - 羅 桑 - 札 巴（1357-1419) on the philosophy of the Way of Virtue, with focus on logic & debate. The Gelug Sect is the latest but the largest Order in Tibetan Buddhism.
I have published videos of Langmusi 郎 木 寺 and Ganden Sumtseling Monastery 噶 丹 松 贊 林 寺 earlier, both under the same Gelug Sect.
Labrang Monastery in Xiahe
夏 河 之 拉 卜 楞 寺
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The mosque of Linxia / La grande mosquée de Linxia (Gansu - China)
(EN) Linxia City is a county-level city in the province of Gansu of the People's Republic of China, and the capital of the multi-ethnic Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It is located in the valley of the Daxia River (a right tributary of the Huanghe), 150 km (by road) southwest of the provincial capital Lanzhou.
The population of the entire county-level city of Linxia (which includes both the central city and some rural area) is estimated at 250,000; of which, 58.4% is classified as urban population. According to the prefectural government, 51.4% of Linxia City's population belongs to the Hui nationality, i.e. the Chinese-speaking Muslims. Some members of Linxia Prefecture other minority ethnic groups, such as Dongxiang, Bonan, and Salar, live in the city.
For centuries, Hezhou/Linxia has been one of the main religious, cultural, and commercial centers of China's Muslim community, earning itself the nickname of the little Mecca of China.[2] [3][4] [5][6] In the words of the ethnologist Dru Gladney, Almost every major Islamic movement in China finds its origin among Muslims who came to Linxia disseminating new doctrines after pilgrimage to Middle Eastern Islamic centers.[3] It remains the main center of China's Qadiriyyah[7] and Khufiyya Sufi orders;it was also the home of Ma Mingxin, the founder of the Jahriyya order, although that order's center of gravity has shifted elsewhere since.
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Demonstration in Amdo Labrang Xia He County, Gansu Province on 15th March 2008
The Labrang monastery / Le monastère Labrang (Xiahe - Gansu - China)
(EN) The monastery was founded in 1709 by the first Jamyang Zhaypa, Ngawang Tsondru. It is Tibetan Buddhism's most important monastery town outside the Tibetan Autonomous Region.
Labrang Monastery is situated at the strategic intersection of four major Asian cultures—Tibetan, Mongolian, Han Chinese, and Chinese Muslim—was one of the largest Buddhist monastic universities. In the early 20th century, it housed several thousand monks. Labrang was also a gathering point for numerous annual religious festivals, supported an active regional marketplace where Han Chinese artisans rubbed shoulders with Hui merchants and nomadic Tibetan highlanders, and was the seat of a Tibetan power base that strove to maintain regional autonomy through the shifting alliances and bloody conflicts that took place between 1700 and 1950.
In April 1985 the Assembly Hall burned down. It was replaced and the new building was consecrated in 1990
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Maqu is a county-level town in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the southern part of Gansu Province.
The Yellow River passes through Gansu Province forming a 433-km bending known as “first bend of the Yellow River” right inside Maqu county on the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Maqu means Yellow River” in the Tibetan language, and Maqu is the only county in China that is named after the Yellow River.
Maqu County covers a total area of 10109 square kilometers, of which 89.4% is natural pasture. Vast grassland, dotted lakes and wetlands build the region into a complete water system.
Maqu has a winter that is long and cold, while summer is relatively short and mild.
The Maqu Yellow River bridge is located in Maqu County of Gansu province. It is the first the Yellow River bridge built on the upper reaches of the Yellow River.
The Maqu Wetland Reserve is an alpine swamp wetland, it is one of the most primitive and typical wetland in the Tibetan Plateau.
In this sparsely populated area, yaks, horses, sheep, and goshawks still dominate the land.
The Yellow River is known as the cradle of Chinese civilization, it winds its way more than 5,000 kilometers from the Tibetan Plateau to its mouth in the Bohai Sea.
Maqu still have many Tibetans who live part of the year in traditional nomad tents, though many of them have been resettled over the past 10 years to resettlement villages.
This region of the Tibetan Plateau is one of the best to visit if you are interested in Tibetan nomadic culture and lifestyle.
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We travel this time to the north west of China to Gansu province. This video is for you Jeff. I miss you a lot.
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Swimming at the Head of the Yellow River
The Yellow River begins in Qinghai, one of my favorite places in China. The water was really cold and refreshing after hours of driving into the mountains.
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Pro-Tibetan demonstrations from Gansu Province, China, where pro-Tibetan rioting and demonstrations were taking place
Xiahe, Gansu province, China - Panoramic view
A panoramic view of the old city of Xiahe, Gansu province, China.
There are a lot of Buddhist temples and monasteries in this town.
Langmusi, Gannan & Aba, Gansu & Sichuan Provinces, China 郎 木 寺 之 虎 穴 龍 潭
Langmusi 郎 木 寺 – Gannan 甘 南 in Gansu Province 甘 肅 省
& Aba 阿 壩 in Sichuan Province 四 川 省
Langmusi town 郎 木 寺 鎮 is under the jurisdiction of Luqu County 碌 曲 縣 in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘 南 藏 族 自 治 州 of Gansu Province; yet a small part of the town is in the territory of Zoige County 若 爾 蓋 縣 in the Ngawa Tibetan & Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿 壩 藏 族 羌 族 自 治 州, commonly referred as Aba Prefecture 阿 壩 州, of Sichuan Province. Buses and activities are on the touristic side of Sichuan.
Getting There and Away – Langmusi 郎 木 寺
The daily bus departs at 14:30 from Dazhasi Town 達 扎 寺 鎮 and arrives at Langmusi in 2-3 hours. Dazhasi is the county seat of Zoige 若 爾 蓋, or Ruoergai, in Aba Prefecture 阿 壩 州 of Sichuan Province 四 川 省.
After Langmusi, I will head to Labrang Town 拉 卜 楞 鎮 of Xiahe County 夏 河 縣 in Gannan Prefecture 甘 南 州 of Gansu Province 甘 肅 省. The daily bus to Xiahe leaves at 14:00 and makes many stops, almost an hour at the prefecture’s capital city, Hezuo 合 作. The bus reaches Labrang Town at night time.
Langmusi 郎 木 寺, the Town
The town is named after Langmusi – the Tibetan Buddhist Monastery by the Gelug Sect 格 鲁 派 and founded in 1413-1748. The residents are predominantly Amdo Tibetans 安 多 藏 族; though Hui 回 族 or Muslim has a notable presence too.
With an alpine climate, Langmusi is sleepy at most time. My visit in Jun finds a deserted town. Most business owners are from other cities and they are here only in the peak tourist season. I am happy to have the town to myself.
Langmusi 郎 木 寺, the Monastery
The former name of the monastery is Taktsang Lhamo, which means Den of the Tigers with a legend of tigers living in the cave of Namo gorge 纳 摩 峽 谷. The monastery is now called Langmusi. Langmu 郎 木 means Fairy 仙 女 and Si 寺 means Temple 廟, Monastery 寺 院 or Gompa in Tibetan language.
The monastery has 2 complexes – Kirti Gompa in Sichuan 四 川 and Serti or Sertri Gompa in Gansu 甘 肅. Kirti Gompa has a few name variants, some of which are Ngawa Kirti Gompa, Gerdengsi 格 爾 登 寺 and Gerdeng Monastery.
Tiger Den, Dragon Pool 虎 穴 龍 潭
At 3325 m above sea level, Langmusi is situated at the eastern edge of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青 藏 高 原. The southern end of the town leads to the head of Bailong Jiang 白 龍 江 or White Dragon River – Dragon Pool – and the sacred Langmu Cave 郎 木 洞, Fairy Cave 仙 女 洞 or Xiannu Dong.
And then, there is the Tiger Den at the Namo gorge 纳 摩 峽 谷.
6.6-magnitude quake hits northwest China's Gansu Province
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted juncture area of Minxian and Zhangxian counties, northwest China's Gansu Province at 7:45 a.m. on Monday Beijing Time, the China Earthquake Networks Center said (CENC).
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A collection of footage from a research trip to Gansu province in July 2016. I travelled with Sheela Turbek, Xinwei Da, and Qiang Miao from the city of Lanzhou to the oasis town of Dunhuang, collecting data on migratory behavior in birds.
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Torrential rain and flash floods caused at least 13 deaths and 43 injuries in northwest China's Gansu Province. Meanwhile, heavy rain has also hit Yulin City in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, causing widespread damage to both urban and rural areas. China has intensified its efforts in natural disaster prevention in the ongoing flood season, as rainstorms have hit many regions across the country and triggered landslides and flooding since the beginning of July.
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Cramer and Kevin exploring the sand dunes, mountains, and villages of Gansu, China.
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Dunhuang by night / La nuit à Dunhuang (Gansu - China)
(EN) Dunhuang (Dūnhuáng in ancient times meaning 'Blazing Beacon') is a county-level city (pop. 187,578 (2000)) in northwestern Gansu province, Western China. It was a major stop on the ancient Silk Road and is best known for the nearby Dunhuang Caves. It has also been known at times as Shāzhōu (沙州), or 'City of Sands', or Dukhan as the Turkis call it.
Dunhuang is situated in a rich oasis containing Crescent Lake and Mingsha Shan (鸣沙山, meaning Singing-Sand Mountain), named after the sound of the wind whipping off the dunes, the singing sand phenomenon. Dunhuang commands a strategic position at the crossroads of the ancient Southern Silk Route and the main road leading from India via Lhasa to Mongolia and Southern Siberia,[1] as well as controlling the entrance to the narrow Hexi Corridor, which led straight to the heart of the north Chinese plains and the ancient capitals of Chang'an (today known as Xi'an) and Luoyang.
Administratively, the county-level city of Dunhuang is part of the prefecture-level city of Jiuquan.
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Gannan grassland travel in Aug 2013 - Gansu China
The Gannan Grassland is located within Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwestern Gansu Province. The grassland covers an area of over 2.5o million ha, primarily within Gansu's Maqu, Xiehe and Luqu counties. Luqu is a town on the fringe of Tibetan-Qinghai Plaetau with green alpine meadows in the west and the Tao River in the east. Two third of Luqu county is suitable for grazing livestock, like sheep and yak. Along the Tao River.