In the morning, Tibetan pilgrims queued up outside Lhasa's famed Jokhang Temple for praying. Beside the queue was a row of colorful bottles. Do you know what is inside the bottles and what it is used for? In front of the Temple, a couple of nuns are washing something with beans. Why are they doing so? Take a guess and check out the answers.

Question 1: What are inside the bottles?

Inside the thermos bottles put aside the long queue to pay homage to the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa is not water to drink. It is yak butter which is heated into fluids. It is used by worshiper as oil to fuel the temple lamps. Some bring it from home and some buy it outside the Temple.

　　Question 2: What are nuns doing?

Buddhist nuns are sitting in front of the Jokhang Temple, repeatedly pouring the colorful beans onto bronze bowls. This is a kind of praying in Tibetan Buddhism. The bowl symbolizes Mandala, a Sanskrit word for "consummation".

　　The Jokhang Temple centered in the circular Barkhor Street is also believed to imitate Mandala in its structure.