The Great Assembly Hall, or Tsokchen Dukhang, of the Rongpo Gyakhar monastery in Tongren. Tongren since its XIV century foundation is the center of a great Tibetan Repkong school of art, devoted mainly to thangka painting
Mythological figure guarding the entrance of a temple in Tongren
Entrance to the Tsokchen Dukhang, or Great Assembly Hall, of the Rongpo Gonchen Monastery, Tongren
View on the 1990 stupa of Gomar Gompa, a little Tu village near Tongren
Jampeyang Lhakhang, Tongren
Jamkhang
Traditiona Tibetan architecture, using trapezoidal shapes
The Tu village of Gomar Gompa is entirely enclosed by defensive walls made of adobe
Offerings of water, food, fruits, perfumes and yak butter lamps
Praying wheels from a temple of Gomar Gompa, Tongren
Hall of the Jampeyang Lhakhang temple, Rongpo Gonchen Monastery in Tongren
Dukhor Dratsang, or Kalacakra College, Tongren
Mati Si is a templar complex in a remote valley of the Qilian mountains, built between the 5th and the 14th centuries, in Gansu. Located on one of the side branches of the Silk Road connecting the Tibetan region, it owes its origin to the long tradition of making offerings by the local merchant families
Mati Sì located in the alpine countryside of the Qilian Mountains
Mati Sì, or Horse Hoof Monastery, features fine buddhist rock art
Mati Sì; two stupas carved in the sandstone
Temples were constructed on a vertical sandstone cliff, with several passages connecting them constructed internally the rock facade
Temples hanging on the sandstone cliff
Carved Buddhas inside one of the main grottos of Mati Sì
Temple entrance seen through praying flags, Mati Sì
Main temple of Mati Sì
Carved stupas on a rock face, Mati Sì templar complex