{"id":14176,"date":"2025-05-31T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T05:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.absoluteasiatours.com\/?post_type=places-to-go&#038;p=14176"},"modified":"2025-05-31T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T05:00:04","slug":"xiahe","status":"publish","type":"places-to-go","link":"https:\/\/www.absoluteasiatours.com\/places-to-go\/xiahe\/","title":{"rendered":"Xiahe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"122\"><strong data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"122\">Xiahe: Gateway to Tibetan Culture and Labrang Monastery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"371\">Nestled in a stunning mountain valley, Xiahe is home to one of the most significant Tibetan monasteries outside Lhasa, offering visitors a rare chance to experience authentic Llamaist Buddhism and Tibetan culture without traveling to Tibet itself.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"557\">The vibrant Labrang Monastery, founded in 1709, stands at the heart of Xiahe and draws thousands of Tibetan pilgrims each year, dressed in their finest traditional and colorful attire.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"870\"><strong data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"595\">Prayer Wheels at Xiahe Monastery<\/strong><br data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"598\" \/>Visitors can join the pilgrims on their devotional circuit, spinning prayer wheels around the monastery\u2019s sacred grounds. Nearby, the expansive high grassland steppe offers a serene setting where the skylark\u2019s song fills the air, as Tibetan nomads tend their grazing yaks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore Xiahe\u2019s Labrang Monastery and vibrant Tibetan culture. Join pilgrims, witness prayer wheels, and enjoy peaceful grasslands with yak-herding nomads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[67],"class_list":["post-14176","places-to-go","type-places-to-go","status-publish","hentry","category-china"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteasiatours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/places-to-go\/14176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteasiatours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/places-to-go"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteasiatours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/places-to-go"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteasiatours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteasiatours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}