|[!--empirenews.page--]|Scenery in Gan Tibetan autonomous prefecture[!--empirenews.page--]|[!--empirenews.page--]|[!--empirenews.page--]|Flags in the moonlight. The moon shines brightly in the evening on the prairie. [Photo provided to Eastday] [!--empirenews.page--]|Located on the Daxia River, a tributary of the Yellow River in Xiahe county of Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Labrand Monastery has long been one of the highest educational institutions of the Gelu School of Tibetan Buddhism, known as the World Tibetology Education Institution. [Photo provided to Eastday][!--empirenews.page--]|Labrand Monastery boasts the longest corridor of prayer wheels in the world, with over 1,700 scripture wheels. [Photo provided to Eastday] [!--empirenews.page--]|A grand religious ceremony is held in Labrand Monastery on August 8, the eighth day of the seventh Lunar Month on the Tibetan calendar. Besides pilgrims, nomads who stream into town from the grasslands in their best festival costumes are also a spectacular sight for tourists from around the world. [Photo provided to Eastday] [!--empirenews.page--]|A foreign tourist plays with a Tibetan child on August 8, the eighth day of the seventh Lunar Month on the Tibetan calendar. [Photo provided to Eastday] [!--empirenews.page--]|[!--empirenews.page--]|Mila Riba Buddhist Palace in Hezuo, the capital of the Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture. It is a representative temple of the Gelugpa, or Yellow, Sect of Tibetan Buddhism in the AndoTibetan area. [Photo provided to Eastday][!--empirenews.page--]|[!--empirenews.page--]|A bonfire dance in the prairie in front of a Tibetan restaurant. [Photo provided to Eastday] [!--empirenews.page--]|A bonfire dance in the prairie in front of a Tibetan restaurant. [Photo provided to Eastday]