Labrang print house

This is the printing operation of the Labrang Monastery, roughly equivalent to the university press that most schools have. However, this is unique. It is the only place where wood block printing of Buddhist texts is still done in the traditional manner. First is the shop. Second is a small portion of the site room of hand carved wood blocks of all the texts they print. The next two show a couple monks doing the printing. The fifth is laying out the printed sheets. The last is the ticket we were given for the visit. It is a traditional print on rice paper done in the shop.Read more