Losang Chosphel, a 79-year-old senior monk of the Sera Monastey in Lhasa was reading in the monastery library, April 20, 2012. [Photo/ Chogo of Xinhua]
Over 500 libraries have been established in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, according to Xinhua.
The monastery libraries collect books on Buddhist scriptures, Tibetan language, laws and regulations, popular science, literatures and arts.
Tibetan Buddhist monks of Ganden Monastery were reading in the monastery library, April 10, 2012. This monastery is over 60 kms from Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. [Photo/China Tibet Online]
A nun enjoyed reading in the monastery library in Negodong Nun Monastery which is situated in the outskirts of Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 20, 2012. [Photo/Chogo of Xinhua]
A monk of the Sera Monastery was checking the Buddhist scriputres stored in the monastery library, April 20, 2012. [Photo/ Chogo of Xinhua]