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Photo shows the Tibetan Medicine Hospital of Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southern Gansu Province, northwest China. [Photo/ China Tibet Online]
Photo taken on May 21 shows that a monk performs Buddhist rituals at the ceremony. The Buddha Painting Unfolding Festival is held annually on the 11th day of April according to the Tibetan calendar. During the festival, a huge embroidery Thangka bearing the image of Sakyamuni will be displayed for Buddhism believers to pay homage to. Located 60 kilometers west of Lhasa,Trsurpu Monastery is the main monastery of Kagyu Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, which is noted for initiating the reincarnation system of Tibetan Buddhism.[Photo/Xinhua]
Lamas unfold a huge thangka, a painting on silk with embroidery, at Tsurphu Monastery in Tibet Autonomous Region, May 21, 2013. The Thangka Festival was held on Tuesday, attracting many believers to the monastery to pray, get blessed and appreciate the big and vividly woven thangka. Tsurphu Monastery is the most important monastery of the Karma Kagyu lineage, which is probably the largest and certainly the most widely practiced lineage within the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo: CNS/Li Lin]
Photo shows that villagers weed the fields with wheat having just sprouted in Pula Village, Markham County of eastern Tibet's Chamdo Prefecture. [Photo/ Xinhua]
Covering 117, 000 square kilometers, the Nyingchi Prefecture, in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, is well known for its humid and mild climate, charming scenery and rich natural resources.[Photo/China Tibet Online]
Tsering Yangzom, a Tibetan singer who was singing onstage won the third prize at the national Young Singers Contest 2013 Final.[Photo/cntv.cn]
Tashilhunpo Monastery, founded in 1447 by the First Dalai Lama, is one of the Big Six Monasteries of the Gelug sect of Buddhism in Tibet. Also called the Heap of Glory, the monastery covers nearly 300,000 square meters in Shigatse, Tibet's second-largest city, after expansions by the Fourth Panchen Lama and his successors. The monastery is comprised of grand palaces that house gigantic statues and wall paintings showcasing of Buddhist art.
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