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Labrang Monastery

0.47 MILES

With its succession of squeaking prayer wheels (3km in total), hawks circling overhead and the throb of Tibetan longhorns resonating from the surrounding¡­

Snowland Art

0.68 MILES

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¡­

Milarepa Palace Buddhist Temple

26.35 MILES

A towering nine-storey layer cake of a temple, the Milarepa Palace is both deeply steeped in mystery and unusual in the Tibetan world as different¡­

Ganjia Grasslands

14.67 MILES

The Ganjia Grasslands, 34km from Xiahe, aren¡¯t as pretty as those at nearby Sangke, but there is more to explore. From Xiahe a bumpy road crosses the¡­

Sangke Grasslands

7.21 MILES

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¡­

Barkhang

0.44 MILES

The three-storey Barkhang serves as the monastery¡¯s traditional printing temple. With rows upon rows of more than 20,000 wood blocks for printing, it¡¯s¡­

Hall of Hayagriva

0.31 MILES

A repository of vivid and bright murals, the hall encapsulates a startlingly fierce 12m-high effigy of Hayagriva ¨C a wrathful manifestation of the usually¡­

Hermitage Ruins

0.36 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¡­