sentences:  Traditionally, the majority of the Kumbum monks have been Tibetans from Amdo, as at Labrang Monastery.The remainder have been Khalkha Mongols from Mongolia () or Inner Mongolia (), Upper Mongols () from Amdo east of Kumbum or Yugurs () from Gansu.Kumbum is still a major pilgrimage for Vajrayana believers and scholars, visited by many thousands of people a year.