Butter Lamp Festival celebrated in China's Qinghai

Source:Xinhua Published: 2019/11/22 11:52:34

Believers light butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 21, 2019. The Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps. This year's festival falls on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)


 

Believers light butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 21, 2019. The Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps. This year's festival falls on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)


 

A believer lights butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 21, 2019. The Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps. This year's festival falls on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)


 

Believers light butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 21, 2019. The Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps. This year's festival falls on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)


 

Believers light butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 21, 2019. The Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps. This year's festival falls on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)


 

Believers light butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 21, 2019. The Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps. This year's festival falls on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)


 

Believers light butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 21, 2019. The Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps. This year's festival falls on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)


 

Photo taken on Nov. 21, 2019 shows lit butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province. The Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps. This year's festival falls on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)


 

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