SCIENCE AND EDUCATION FILM: Labrang Monastery
Tourism
Length: 00:15:47
Date: 1993-07-01
Collection
Keywords: Labrang Monastery | Gelug Temple of Tibetan Buddhism | Tibetan Culture | Buddhist Culture | Tibetan Buddhism | National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units | Religious Belief

Labrang Monastery is in Gansu Province, China. It is one of the six major monasteries of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It holds many large-scale religious activities every year. In this program, it focuses on the Butter Lantern Festival,Zhuanxiangba(The monks took out the statue of Maitreya Buddha and make a circle around the temple.), the traditional dancing party (Datiaoshen) and the exhibition of Buddha statues, Shaifo Festival, held by the Labrang Monastery.