Tsurpu Monastery, 4,300 meters above the sea level, is located in Doilungdeqen County of Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Founded in 1189, it serves as the traditional seat of the Karma Kagyupa, or "White Hat Sect," of Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/China Tibet Online]

Tsurpu Monastery, 4,300 meters above the sea level, is located in Doilungdeqen County of Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Founded in 1189, it serves as the traditional seat of the Karma Kagyupa, or "White Hat Sect," of Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/China Tibet Online] 

Tsurpu Monastery, 4,300 meters above the sea level, is located in Doilungdeqen County of Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Founded in 1189, it serves as the traditional seat of the Karma Kagyupa, or "White Hat Sect," of Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/China Tibet Online] 

Tsurpu Monastery, 4,300 meters above the sea level, is located in Doilungdeqen County of Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Founded in 1189, it serves as the traditional seat of the Karma Kagyupa, or "White Hat Sect," of Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/China Tibet Online] 

Tsurpu Monastery, 4,300 meters above the sea level, is located in Doilungdeqen County of Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Founded in 1189, it serves as the traditional seat of the Karma Kagyupa, or "White Hat Sect," of Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/China Tibet Online] 

Tsurpu Monastery, 4,300 meters above the sea level, is located in Doilungdeqen County of Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Founded in 1189, it serves as the traditional seat of the Karma Kagyupa, or "White Hat Sect," of Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/China Tibet Online]