This photo taken on Feb. 10, 2025 shows a scene of the annual “sunning of the Buddha” ceremony of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China’s Gansu Province. Believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the “sunning of the Buddha” ceremony, held Monday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China’s Gansu Province.
The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Zhang Rui)
This photo taken on Feb. 10, 2025 shows a scene of the annual “sunning of the Buddha” ceremony of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China’s Gansu Province. Believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the “sunning of the Buddha” ceremony, held Monday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China’s Gansu Province.
The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Zhang Rui)
This photo taken on Feb. 10, 2025 shows a scene of the annual “sunning of the Buddha” ceremony of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China’s Gansu Province. Believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the “sunning of the Buddha” ceremony, held Monday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China’s Gansu Province.
The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Zhang Rui)
Monks attend the annual “sunning of the Buddha” ceremony of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, Feb. 10, 2025. Believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the “sunning of the Buddha” ceremony, held Monday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China’s Gansu Province.
The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Zhang Rui)
Monks carry a huge Thangka painting bearing the image of the Buddha during the annual “sunning of the Buddha” ceremony of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, Feb. 10, 2025. Believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the “sunning of the Buddha” ceremony, held Monday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China’s Gansu Province.
The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Zhang Rui)
This photo taken on Feb. 10, 2025 shows a scene of the annual “sunning of the Buddha” ceremony of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China’s Gansu Province. Believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the “sunning of the Buddha” ceremony, held Monday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China’s Gansu Province.
The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Zhang Rui)
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