Ancient Cagar Monastery in China's Tibet

2016-01-08 09:40:54 | From:Xinhua

Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2016 shows a Buddha in Cagar Monastery on the mountain in Gyirong Township of Gyirong County, Shigatse City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Cagar Monastery was built in the year of 1160, and it is one of the places that Milarepa, the Kagyu master, practising Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2016 shows a view outside of Cagar Monastery on the mountain in Gyirong Township of Gyirong County, Shigatse City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Cagar Monastery was built in the year of 1160, and it is one of the places that Milarepa, the Kagyu master, practising Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2016 shows a figure of Milarepa, the Kagyu master, in Cagar Monastery on the mountain in Gyirong Township of Gyirong County, Shigatse City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Cagar Monastery was built in the year of 1160, and it is one of the places that Milarepa, the Kagyu master, practising Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2016 shows winding ways leading to Cagar Monastery on the mountain in Gyirong Township of Gyirong County, Shigatse City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Cagar Monastery was built in the year of 1160, and it is one of the places that Milarepa, the Kagyu master, practising Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2016 shows Cagar Monastery on the mountain in Gyirong Township of Gyirong County, Shigatse City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Cagar Monastery was built in the year of 1160, and it is one of the places that Milarepa, the Kagyu master, practising Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/Xinhua]

 

Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2016 shows ancient Buddhist texts in Cagar Monastery on the mountain in Gyirong Township of Gyirong County, Shigatse City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Cagar Monastery was built in the year of 1160, and it is one of the places that Milarepa, the Kagyu master, practising Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2016 shows food eaten by Buddhists in Cagar Monastery on the mountain in Gyirong Township of Gyirong County, Shigatse City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Cagar Monastery was built in the year of 1160, and it is one of the places that Milarepa, the Kagyu master, practising Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/Xinhua]

A Buddhist chants in Cagar Monastery on the mountain in Gyirong Township of Gyirong County, Shigatse City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Jan. 4, 2016. Cagar Monastery was built in the year of 1160, and it is one of the places that Milarepa, the Kagyu master, practising Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/Xinhua]

A Buddhist chants in Cagar Monastery on the mountain in Gyirong Township of Gyirong County, Shigatse City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Jan. 4, 2016. Cagar Monastery was built in the year of 1160, and it is one of the places that Milarepa, the Kagyu master, practising Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/Xinhua]

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