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