Photo shows monks are playing horns at the Labrang Monastery, Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province. Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, is home to more than 1,000 lamas and is one of six prestigious monasteries of the Gelug sect, also known as the Yellow  Sect, of Tibetan Buddhism.[Photo/China Tibet Online]         

The Labrang Monastery [Photo/China Tibet Online]         

The white pagoda inside the Labrang Monastery [Photo/China Tibet Online]          

Buddhist devotees perform prostration.  [Photo/China Tibet Online]         

Front gate of the Labrang Monastery [Photo/China Tibet Online]         

The assembly hall of the Labrang Monastery [Photo/China Tibet Online]  
       

Buddhist devotees take ritual walks inside the Labrang Monastery.  [Photo/China Tibet Online]         

Museum inside the Labrang Monastery [Photo/China Tibet Online]   
       

Buddha hall of the Labrang Monastery  [Photo/China Tibet Online]      

Buddhist statues made of butter sculpture [Photo/China Tibet Online] 
       

Masks for Buddhist dances in Buddhist festivals  [Photo/China Tibet Online]         

Buddhist devotees are praying in front of the Buddha hall. [Photo/China Tibet Online]