People visit the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery in Shangri-la county, Southwest China's Yunnan province, Oct 13, 2015. Built in 1679, the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery is the largest Tibetan Buddhist ...

In Shangri-La, on the border of Tibet and Sichuan, home of the majestic Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, my driver invited me to his uncle's Tibetan house party, where we drank qingkejiu, a local ...

Ganden Sumtseling Monastery in Shangri-La was built in 1679 at the direction of the Fifth Dalai Lama. James Whitlow Delano To conjure the lost world of imperial China, you might resort to the ...

Lamas young and old mixed with festival-goers wearing traditional garb to watch the religious Cham dances at the Ganden Sumtseling monastery in Shangri-La. Masked, costumed monks portrayed a host ...

Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, a hot destination in Yunnan People visit the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery in Shangri-la county, Southwest China's Yunnan province, Oct 13, 2015. Built in 1679 ...

an adventurer who dedicated his life to exploring his country’s Shangri-Las Tony Perrottet Contributing writer Ganden Sumtseling Monastery in Shangri-La was built in 1679 at the direction of the ...

Lamas young and old mixed with festival-goers wearing traditional garb to watch the religious Cham dances at the Ganden Sumtseling monastery in Shangri-La. Masked, costumed monks portrayed a host of ...

Built in 1679, the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery is the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Yunnan, also known as the "Little Potala Palace", attracting tourists from home and abroad.[Photo by Liu ...