Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu (front L), the 11th Panchen Lama, one of the two most revered "living Buddhas" in Tibetan Buddhism, walks to the Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2015. (Xinhua/Chogo)

Monks wait for the coming of Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, the 11th Panchen Lama, one of the two most revered "living Buddhas" in Tibetan Buddhism, at the Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2015. (Xinhua/Chogo)

Monks wait for the coming of Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, the 11th Panchen Lama, one of the two most revered "living Buddhas" in Tibetan Buddhism, at the Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2015. (Xinhua/Chogo)

A monk waits for the coming of Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, the 11th Panchen Lama, one of the two most revered "living Buddhas" in Tibetan Buddhism, at the Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2015. (Xinhua/Chogo)

Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu (R), the 11th Panchen Lama, one of the two most revered "living Buddhas" in Tibetan Buddhism, offers head-touching blessings to a believer at the Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2015. (Xinhua/Chogo)

Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu (R), the 11th Panchen Lama, one of the two most revered "living Buddhas" in Tibetan Buddhism, worships the Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2015. (Xinhua/Chogo)