Xiahe- A slice of Tibet in the Gansu Province
Xiahe is a small city, known as Labrang in Tibetan, on the path of the Silk Road. During the era of the Silk Road, the Tibetans used this an outlet of control and border protection against the Chinese. Buddhism came from two directions into Tibet, one fro... more
Xiahe, a Tibetan village in the Chinese province of Gansu
Xiahe in Chinese, Labrang in Tibetan. It is a small village-monastery situated in the highlands of Gansu Province in NW China. I visited this place back in 1999 and it was my first and only approach to Tibetan culture so far. The village is inhabited most... more
