Chode Gompa

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Hi All,
The altitude makes it difficult but it is so worth it.
Only planned to stay here a few days but a man informed us that next week there will be a horse racing festival so we've decided to stay on a little longer.
Litang is a dusty town on the Chengdu - Lhasa highway resting at about 4000 metres, around 13,000 feet in old money, above sea level. The population is largely Tibetan but there are also quite a few Han Chinese and some Qiang Chinese.
Today had a slow walk up to the monastery which overlooks the town. The monastery has been destroyed twice in recent history, once when it was bombed in 1956 by the PLA when the locals rose up against collectivization in the Great Leap Forward and it was finished off by the Red Guards in the 1960s.
That being said the buildings still feel very old and they are so beautifully decorated and the statues inside are really enormous.
The temple is undergoing major renovations with new buildings being built.
Behind the main prayer halls are the monks quarters where there were children playing and inside a hall there seemed to be a reasoning session happening where the monks were arguing their points whilst some older monks presided over the proceedings.

Enjoy the photos

JAH BLESS

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[Daniela]

Beautiful