Photo shows Buddhists prostrating themselves for the entire body-long pilgrimage in front of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of Tibet, on Nov.9, the day marks the Descension Festival in Tibet. (China Tibet Information Center Photo)Nov.9 marks the Descension Festival in Tibet Autonomous Region. It's the day of Sakyamuni descending to the world or it also has another meaning that it's a day of the 7-year-old Sakyamuni returning to India after the sermon from his mother.
On that day, the Tibetan Buddhists went to monasteries, such as Jokhang Temple, Ramoche Monastery and Potala Palace to burn incense and pay the entire body-long pilgrimage.
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