

Lamas attend a class in the Gansu Buddhist Academy in Xiahe County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Gansu Province on March 28, 2008. Located in the Labrang Lamasery, one of the six most important lamaseries in the Yellow Sect of Tibetan Lamaism, the Gansu Buddhist Academy has cultivated more than 600 lamas from more than 120 lamaseries since its establishment in 1986. (XinhuaHan Chuanhao)

Lamas read the Buddhism lection in the Gansu Buddhist Academy in Xiahe County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Gansu Province on March 28, 2008. Located in the Labrang Lamasery, one of the six most important lamaseries in the Yellow Sect of Tibetan Lamaism, the Gansu Buddhist Academy has cultivated more than 600 lamas from more than 120 lamaseries since its establishment in 1986. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)




A lama reads the Buddhism lection in the Gansu Buddhist Academy in Xiahe County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Gansu Province on March 28, 2008. Located in the Labrang Lamasery, one of the six most important lamaseries in the Yellow Sect of Tibetan Lamaism, the Gansu Buddhist Academy has cultivated more than 600 lamas from more than 120 lamaseries since its establishment in 1986. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)



Lamas walk out of the classeoom after a class in the Gansu Buddhist Academy in Xiahe County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Gansu Province on March 28, 2008. Located in the Labrang Lamasery, one of the six most important lamaseries in the Yellow Sect of Tibetan Lamaism, the Gansu Buddhist Academy has cultivated more than 600 lamas from more than 120 lamaseries since its establishment in 1986. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)