Tibetan Festival of Labrang and Langmusi in Southern Gansu

D1: Lanzhou Arrival

lanzhou arrival, transfer to hotel.
Overnight: lanzhou

D2: Lanzhou Visiting

D3: Lanzhou – Labrang Monastery

Activities: Shoot in Labrang Monastery and visit pray in dharma assembly all day.
Photography: Free shoot Labrang Monastery.
Overnight: Labrang Monastery.

D4: Labrang Monastery – Langmusi Town

Activities: Get up early to shoot the dawn of Labrang Monastery, and then Main Assembly Hall Square to shoot the scene that Lama debate and chant sutras.
Photography: Shoot Tibetan costumes, Tibetan worship, scene of Lama hearing sutras, monastery’s architecture. And then go to Langmusi Town.
Overnight: Langmusi Town

D5: Langmusi Town

Activities: Get up early to shoot Ge’erdi Temple in the east of Langmusi Town, and in the afternoon shoot the monks who are preparing the activities of Thangka Unfolding Ceremony. In the evening shoot night scenery of Langmusi Town in Ge’erdi Temple .
Photography: Shoot Ge’erdi Temple,Tibetans, Lama’s washing, Tibetan worship and Tibetan scenery.
Overnight: Langmusi Town

D6: Langmusi Town – Luqu County

Activities: Get up early to shoot sunrise of Langmusi Town. After breakfast, shoot grand scenes of Thangka Unfolding Ceremony. And then shoot Tibetan worship and bird’s-eye view of Langmusi Town
Photography: Free shoot grand scenes of Thangka Unfolding Ceremony.
Overnight: Luqu County

D7: Luqu County – Xicang Temple – Zhuoni County

Activities: Get up early to shoot Xicang Temple. In the morning, shoot parade activities of Liangbao Festival, and then shoot Tibetan Opera in square and religious dance.
Photography: Shoot Tibetan folk, Tibetan clothing, Tibetan opera, worship and other classic scenes.
Overnight: Zhuoni County

D8: Chanding Temple (Zhuoni County) – Labrang Monastery

Activities: Get up early to shoot activities of Thangka Unfolding Ceremony in Chanding Temple. In the afternoon, go to Niaba village, a Tibetan village in a hundred of years, to shoot Tibetan humanities. Next, return to Labrang Monastery to shoot Butter Sculpture Show or live in Zhuoni County for shooting the next day’s religious dance and ceremony activities for driving away evil spirits in Chanding Temple.

D9: Labrang – Lanzhou/Xining

Activities: According to the specific circumstances of the previous day, shoot ceremonies in Labrang Monastery then drive to lanzhou or xining.