Old photos of Labrang Temple in Xiahe, Gannan in 1936

The old photo of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gannan in 1936

Labrang Monastery is located in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. Its full Tibetan name is:“ Jiadan Xiazhudar Jizaxi Yisuqi has lang”, It means to have a happy talk about the building of the auspicious Youxuan Temple. It is called Zhaxiqi Temple for short, and is generally called Labrang Temple. Labrang Temple is Tibetan“ Pull seal” It means the residence of the living Buddha master. It is one of the six major monasteries of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, and is known as the “; World Tibetan Academy”. In its heyday, there were more than 4000 monks. In 1980, it was open to tourism