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ONE WEEK until Yiren Disco 2026! Here is the prompt list to help you get ready~ 

We’re very excited to see what you come up with! Remember to post your work with the tag #yirendisco2026 and mention @yrzx-archive. You can also add them to the AO3 Collection~ 

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Illustrations by @goblinkingsart

Lingyu Zhang X Natsuka

Lingyu Zhang X Natsuka

ship Yuhe 楽天 - Hitori no Shita

Calling all YRZX fans! 🗣️ Yiren Disco will be returning this year~

Illustrations by @goblinkingsart

Don’t know what Yiren Disco is? Full event info under the cut! 

夏日悠长，山野皆绿 带上同频的伙伴，去哪都是好风景🌿 出发！目的地锁定8月异人节 我们永远「在路上」～

Yiren Disco 2026 Day 2   Boy Band • Girl Group 

Quit playing games with my heart~ 🎤🎶 

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The Labrang Monastery is the north side of Xia He, so a shortndistance frm our hotel.

Labrang is the largest monastery outside of the Tibetan Autonomous Region. It houses about 1,200 monks.

Being at the edge of the Tibetan region, Labrang and the town of Xia He have been the site of conflicts between the Tibetans and both Han Chinese and Hui Muslim forces. Hui forces attacked the monastery several times in the early 1900's, killing thousands of monks and townspeople.

The monastery suffered during the Cultural Revolution, with the monastery shut down and the monks sent to villages to work. The monastery reopened in 1980, and many monks returned, but the government restricts the population to 1,500 monks.

In the fall of 2025 the government raided the monastery and surrounding villages searching for and seazing images of the Dalai Lama. All communications with the outside world were cut off at that time.

Many of the local population walk the four kilometer of the monastery on a daily basis. A long wall of Praywe wheels forms the starting point of the route.

This model shows the layout and extent of the monastery and the adjoining mountains.

There are a number of temple buildings throughout the site.

Contrary to the rules at Buddhist monasteries in other places, we were allowed to enter with shoes on, but were not allowed to take any photos inside.

The Chinese government does not allow the training of boys at Buddhist Monasteries. So there is no school, but there are several colleges for young adult men.

We visited the hall of butter sculptures of important religeous figures. The sculptures were amazing works.

Everything is carved from Yak Butter, colored with natural dyes, even the flowers.

They carve new ones for every New Year. These were new enough that the smell of the yak mutter was still pretty strong. Our guide admitted that hot weather in the summers now can cause problems for the butter sculptures.

The guide gave a good overview of Buddhism and the monastery, which was important as several of the group had little knowledge of the religion.