Category: Gansu
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Visiting the Milarepa Palace
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Milarepa’s palace is a unique, unusual building that leaves visitors speechless. The 9 storey Buddhist temple has a tower shape, and is dedicated to Milarepa (also called Milariba), who is one of the most famous figures in Tibetan Buddhist culture. The Palace is located in the city of Hezuo (合作市),…
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Labrang Monastery: a window into Tibetan culture outside Tibet
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Labrang Monastery (拉卜楞寺, Lābǔlèng Sì) is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating places for Tibetan Buddhist culture. Located in the town of Xiahe (夏河) in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, China, at a height of almost 3000 m above sea level, it is one of the six most important Tibetan monasteries…