
Labrang Monastery: Treasury of Tibetan culture
Labrang Monastery (Tibetan: བླ་བྲང་བཀྲ་ཤིས་འཁྱིལ་) is located in Xiahe (Chinese: 夏河) County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (甘南藏族自治州), Gansu (甘肅), China. Founded in 1709, the monastery is one of the six great monasteries of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.