Absurdity, Allegory and China

I’ve just returned from an all-too-short trip to Qinghai where the weather was a little cooler than Tianjin and Beijing. There was snow on Laji Shan (3820 meters) and cold rain in the lower valleys on several days. On a trip into a nomadic region to visit a water project I climbed the slippery muddy hills to get the following photos of this relatively isolated monastery as well as the surrounding view.