July 24, 2006 - Monk at the entrance to Gong Tang pagoda at Labrang Lamma Buddhist monastery in Xiahe in China's Gansu province.
July 24, 2006 - Monk outside Gong Tang pagoda at Labrang Lamma Buddhist monastery (Yellow Hat) in the town of Xiahe in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of the Chinese province of Gansu. Labrang was founded in 1709 and is Tibetan Buddhism’s most important monastery outside Tibet.
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