Traditional ghee lamp festival held in Tibet monastery

Source: Xinhua | 03-12-2009 08:18

QAMDO, Tibet, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of Tibetan Buddhists celebrated their traditional ghee lamp festival wishing for good luck and happiness Wednesday at a major monastery in Tibet.

A Lama adds ghee to the lamp in front of the figures of  Buddha in the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Mar. 11, 2009. A celebration  for the ghee flowers and lanterns festival was held in the  Jokhang Temple, attracting the visitors from all over the  country. (Xinhua/Chogo)

Lamas of the Champa Ling Monastery in Qamdo Prefecture and residents nearby ignited ghee flower lamps in hope of good luck. Farmers and herders came to the monastery to present hada, a silk piece of cloth used for greetings, and pay tributes. They then danced and sang together.