A 2000-year-old Han dynasty village with remarkable 12-sided walls that still shelters a small living community. There is no ticket office as such, but someone should stop you and ask you to buy a ticket. There used to be an admission of 楼25, but in 2019 the village was being supported by the local government and entry was free.
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With its succession of squeaking prayer wheels (3km in total), hawks circling overhead and the throb of Tibetan longhorns resonating from the surrounding鈥
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Tucked away down the backstreets of Xiahe not far from Labrang Monastery, Snowland Art is a family-style fine art and handicrafts training school set up鈥
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The Ganjia Grasslands, 34km from Xiahe, aren鈥檛 as pretty as those at nearby Sangke, but there is more to explore. From Xiahe a bumpy road crosses the鈥
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Expanses of open grassland dotted with Tibetans and their grazing yak herds highlight a trip to the village of Sangke, 14km from Xiahe. Development has鈥
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The three-storey Barkhang serves as the monastery鈥檚 traditional printing temple. With rows upon rows of more than 20,000 wood blocks for printing, it鈥檚鈥
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A repository of vivid and bright murals, the hall encapsulates a startlingly fierce 12m-high effigy of Hayagriva 鈥 a wrathful manifestation of the usually鈥
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What remains of this hermitage are earthen walls overgrown with nettles, making the real attraction here the view of the town nestled into the mountains鈥
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The renovated Tseway Gompa is one of the few B枚n monasteries in Gansu. Unlike most Buddhist temples, you should circumnavigate this holy site鈥
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The Ganjia Grasslands, 34km from Xiahe, aren鈥檛 as pretty as those at nearby Sangke, but there is more to explore. From Xiahe a bumpy road crosses the鈥
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A monastery of 90 monks set against a stunning backdrop of vertical rock formations. The name literally means 'White Stone Cliff Monastery'.
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Tucked away down the backstreets of Xiahe not far from Labrang Monastery, Snowland Art is a family-style fine art and handicrafts training school set up鈥
14.44 MILES
With its succession of squeaking prayer wheels (3km in total), hawks circling overhead and the throb of Tibetan longhorns resonating from the surrounding鈥
14.49 MILES
The three-storey Barkhang serves as the monastery鈥檚 traditional printing temple. With rows upon rows of more than 20,000 wood blocks for printing, it鈥檚鈥
14.65 MILES
A repository of vivid and bright murals, the hall encapsulates a startlingly fierce 12m-high effigy of Hayagriva 鈥 a wrathful manifestation of the usually鈥
14.75 MILES
What remains of this hermitage are earthen walls overgrown with nettles, making the real attraction here the view of the town nestled into the mountains鈥