Butter Lamp Day marked in Lhasa, SW China's Tibet
A monk lights a butter lamp 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. 5, 2015. 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. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)
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Butter Lamp Day
Apart from natural landscapes, the main tourist attraction in Tibet is its religion and culture. There are a lot of interesting Tibetan festivals waiting for you such as Tibetan lunar New Year, Tashilhunpo Festival and so on.
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Butter Lamp Day celebrated in Lhasa
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.
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Tibetans celebrate Butter Lamp Festival
As this year's Butter Lamp Festival falls on Dec 27 by Tibetan calendar, numerous butter lamps are lit up on windows sills, balconies across all the streets and lanes to commemorate Tsongkapa, founder of the Gelu Sect of Tibetan Buddhism..
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Butter lamps light up Buddhist festival in Tibet
Butter lamps twinkled like stars, and the scent of burning juniper branches filled the evening air in Lhasa Friday as the annual Gadan Ngachod - Butter Lamp Festival - kicked off in the plateau city.
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