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At three thousand meters above sea level, and surrounded by hilly mountains, this rural haven hugs its neighboring Tibet. The town centers upon the famous Labrang Monastery, and nearby the gorgeous Sangke Praire.</P> <P><STRONG>Labrang Monastery</STRONG></P> <P>The Labrang Monastery is located at the foot of the Phoenix Mountain northwest of Xiahe County in Gannan Tibetan Nationality Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. A propitious place in the hearts of the Tibetan, it stands by the Daxia River and faces the Dragon Mountain.</P> <P align=center><IMG src="images/tra_te_lanzhou_labrang_01.jpg"> <IMG src="images/tra_te_lanzhou_labrang_02.jpg"></P> <P>As for the Dragon and Phoenix Mountains, there is a beautiful legend. A long time ago, this place was a boundless sea. After countless changes, mountains and lands appeared. One day, a golden-wing phoenix flew here and rested on one of the mountains in the south. It was so thirsty that it drank all the water; thus the sea dried up. A dragon in the sea was greatly shocked, so it cavorted out of the water, which led to the emergence of a spring at the site where the phoenix drank. As the spring water effused more and more, the Daxia River was formed. So the dragon became the Dragon Mountain and the phoenix became the Phoenix Mountain. And the Daxia River flowed from west to east through the two mountains, eroding the hollow into a basin. The Labrang Monastery was built on the Zhaxiqi (means auspiciousness) shoal which is in the north of the basin.</P> <P><IMG src="images/tra_te_lanzhou_labrang_03.jpg" align=right>The architectural layout of the Labrang Monastery belongs to the Tibetan style and the construction patterns are mostly Tibetan, Han's mode and a compound style of both Han's and Tibetan. The symbols of the whole construction are the White Towers both in the northeast and in the northwest. The grand sutra and Buddha halls are located in the northwestern part centered around the Grand Sutra Hall. Other halls spread in a shape similar to a crescent moon.</P> <P>The Grand Sutra Hall is the dominant place for the religious activities of the Labrang Monastery and for the adherents' worshipping. On the inside walls there are portraits of Buddha and built-in shrines of Buddha and bookcases. The elegantly decorated hall is splendid enough to give you real enjoyment.</P> <P>Located in the northwest of the Grand Sutra Hall, the Grand Golden Tile Hall is the highest building in the Labrang Monastery and is strongly tinged with a Nepalese flavor. It is six-storied and the roof is covered with bronze bricks that are washed by gold. In front of the hall gate, a stele hangs on which the Han, Tibetan, Manchu and Mongolian characters were written by the Emperor Jiaqing (1760-1820) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Inside the hall there is a bronze figure of Buddha created by Nepalese artisans.</P> <P><IMG src="images/tra_te_lanzhou_labrang_04.jpg" align=left>The Labrang Monastery boasts tens of thousands of statues of Buddha made of gold, silver, copper, and aluminum. There are statues with ivory, sandalwood, jade, crystal and clay as the basic materials. These Buddha statues are all lifelike with kind-looking faces, which give you a real enjoyment of beauty. In addition, the monastery possesses many Buddha hats and many Buddhist treasures adorned with pearls, jadeite, agate and diamonds.</P> <P>The Labrang Monastery holds seven large-scale summon ceremonies a year, among which the Summons Ceremony in the first lunar month and the Buddhist Doctrine Explaining Ritual in the seventh lunar month are the grandest ones.</P> <P><EM>Admission Fee: RMB 60</EM> </P> <P><STRONG>Sangke Praire</STRONG></P> <P><IMG src="images/tra_te_lanzhou_sangke_01.jpg" align=right>Sangke Prairie lies about ten kilometres west of Xiahe County, Gansu province. It enjoys a good reputation in the northwest Tibetan district for its excellent pasture and frequent magnificent Buddhist ceremonies. Belonging to the meadow steppe and bordered by the Daxia River, Sangke prairie is at an elevation of 3000 meters (9843 feet) with an area of 70 square kilometres (27 square miles).</P> <P>The prairie is named for the summer-blooming sangke flowers that form a natural carpet extending to the far horizons. Reflecting sky and </P> <P>mountains, the Daxia River twists through grass and earth like an undulating silk belt. Countless sheep, yaks, and tents are visible over the prairie.</P> <P>Visitors can travel by bicycle or on horseback. It is possible to stay overnight with a local family or to rent a tent and experience Tibetan food such as yak-butter tea, stuffed steamed buns, mutton, and Zanba (a traditional Tibetan staple food of roasted highland barley flour).</P> <P align=center><IMG src="images/tra_te_lanzhou_sangke_02.jpg"> <IMG src="images/tra_te_lanzhou_sangke_03.jpg"></P> <P align=center> </P> <STRONG><FONT color=#008684></FONT></STRONG></TD> </TR> </table></td></tr> <TR> <TD align="right"><BR> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR></TD> </TR> <tr><td height="12"></td></tr> <TR> <TD align="center"> <table> <tr><td> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td> <td> <script type="text/javascript"> addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; addthis_pub = 'chinacorner'; </script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/addthis_widget.php?v=12" ></script>  </td></tr> </table> </TD> </TR> </table> <p> </p></td> </tr> </table> <table width="780" height="6" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="784" height="26" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr bgcolor="#8E171A"> <td height="26" align="center" valign=middle class="enva">Copyright © 2005 www.china-corner.com All rights reserved <a href="http://www.china-corner.com/link_to_us.asp" class="anav">Link to us</a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#8E171A"> <td align="center" valign=middle bgcolor="E7E0C3" class="enva"><font color=black size="2">MSN: zhuwu22( at )yahoo.com.cn</font><font color=blue size="1"><a href='http://www.miibeian.gov.cn/'> <img src="/images/icp.gif" width="103" height="26" align="absmiddle" border="0"></a></font> <br> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://js.tongji.yahoo.com.cn/0/25/212/ystat.js"></script><noscript><a href="http://js.tongji.yahoo.com.cn"><img src=http://js.tongji.yahoo.com.cn/0/25/212/ystat.gif></a></noscript></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>