Butter Lamp Day celebrated in Lhasa

2014-12-19 08:33:00 | From:

CHINA-LHASA-BUTTER LAMP DAY (CN)

  A monk lights a butter lamp on the roof of the Jokhang Temple on the Butter Lamp Day, a festival to commemorates Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 16, 2014. The Butter Lamp Day, known as the day of the Ganden Nagchu in Tibet, falls on the 25th of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar. Tibetan pilgrims adhere to the tradition to light butter lamps and pray for a good fortune on the annual Buddhist event.[Photo/Xinhua]

CHINA-LHASA-BUTTER LAMP DAY (CN)

  Pilgrims walk around on Barkhor Street as they rotate prayer wheels on the Butter Lamp Day, a festival to commemorates Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 16, 2014. The Butter Lamp Day, known as the day of the Ganden Nagchu in Tibet, falls on the 25th of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar. Tibetan pilgrims adhere to the tradition to light butter lamps and pray for a good fortune on the annual Buddhist event. [Photo/Xinhua]

CHINA-LHASA-BUTTER LAMP DAY (CN)

  Monks take photos on the roof of the Jakhang Temple on the Butter Lamp Day, a festival to commemorates Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 16, 2014. The Butter Lamp Day, known as the day of the Ganden Nagchu in Tibet, falls on the 25th of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar. Tibetan pilgrims adhere to the tradition to light butter lamps and pray for a good fortune on the annual Buddhist event. [Photo/Xinhua]

CHINA-LHASA-BUTTER LAMP DAY (CN)

  Pilgrims light butter lamps at the Jlkhang Temple to celebrate the Butter Lamp Day, a festival to commemorates Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 15, 2014. The Butter Lamp Day, known as the day of the Ganden Nagchu in Tibet, falls on the 25th of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar. Tibetan pilgrims adhere to the tradition to light butter lamps and pray for a good fortune on the annual Buddhist event. [Photo/Xinhua]

CHINA-LHASA-BUTTER LAMP DAY (CN)

  A monk winds a trumpet at the Jokhang Temple on the Butter Lamp Day, a festival to commemorates Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 16, 2014. The Butter Lamp Day, known as the day of the Ganden Nagchu in Tibet, falls on the 25th of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar. Tibetan pilgrims adhere to the tradition to light butter lamps and pray for a good fortune on the annual Buddhist event. [Photo/Xinhua]

CHINA-LHASA-BUTTER LAMP DAY (CN)

  A pilgrim lights a butter lamp on the Butter Lamp Day, a festival to commemorates Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 16, 2014. The Butter Lamp Day, known as the day of the Ganden Nagchu in Tibet, falls on the 25th of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar. Tibetan pilgrims adhere to the tradition to light butter lamps and pray for a good fortune on the annual Buddhist event. [Photo/Xinhua]

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